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Ernest R. Dickerson

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
31

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 25, 1951 (75 years old)

Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA

Ernest R. Dickerson

Biography

Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C. (usually credited as Ernest R. Dickerson or Ernest Dickerson, born June 25, 1951) is an American film and television director and cinematographer. He directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural story like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee.

Known For

Directing

2024Parish...Director
2022Bosch: Legacy...Director
2022DMZ...Director
2020Raised by Wolves...Director
2018The Purge...Director
2018Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G....Director
2018Seven Seconds...Director
2017The Deuce...Director
2017Double Play...Director
2015Blindspot...Director
2015The Man in the High Castle...Director
2015Bosch...Director
2014State of Affairs...Director
2013Sleepy Hollow...Director
2013Low Winter Sun...Director
2013Under the Dome...Director
2013House of Cards...Director
2012Revolution...Director
2011Once Upon a Time...Director
2011Last Man Standing...Director
2011The Cape...Director
2010The Walking Dead...Director
2010Treme...Director
2009Stargate Universe...Director
2009The Vampire Diaries...Director
2009Fear Itself: Something with Bite...Director
2008Miracle at St. Anna...Second Unit Director
2008Fear Itself...Director
2008In Plain Sight...Director
2007Tell Me You Love Me...Director
2007Burn Notice...Director
2006The V Word...Director
2006Dexter...Director
2006Heroes...Director
2006Eureka...Director
2006The Evidence...Director
2006For One Night...Director
2005Masters of Horror...Director
2005Criminal Minds...Director
2005Invasion...Director
2005Weeds...Director
2005Miracle's Boys...Director
2005Medium...Director
2004The 4400...Director
2004Never Die Alone...Director
2004The L Word...Director
2003Good Fences...Director
2002CSI: Miami...Director
2002Our America...Director
2002The Wire...Director
2002Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie...Director
2002Monday Night Mayhem...Director
2001Bones...Director
2001Crossing Jordan...Director
2001Night Visions...Director
1999Futuresport...Director
1999Third Watch...Director
1999Strange Justice...Director
1998Blind Faith...Director
1998Ambushed...Director
1996Bulletproof...Director
1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight...Director
1994ER...Director
1994Surviving the Game...Director
1992Juice...Director
1990Law & Order...Director
1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella...Director
1990Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella...Director
1984Tales from the Darkside...Director
Black Diamond...Director
Morris Stokes...Director

Camera

2008Miracle at St. Anna...Second Unit Director of Photography
2002Our America...Director of Photography
1993Stephen King's Golden Tales...Director of Photography
1992Malcolm X...Director of Photography
1992Cousin Bobby...Director of Photography
1992Cousin Bobby...Camera Operator
1991Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll...Director of Photography
1991Jungle Fever...Director of Photography
1990Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story...Director of Photography
1990Law & Order...Director of Photography
1990Mo' Better Blues...Director of Photography
1990Def by Temptation...Director of Photography
1989Fright House...Director of Photography
1989Do the Right Thing...Director of Photography
1988The Laser Man...Director of Photography
1988School Daze...Director of Photography
1987Eddie Murphy Raw...Director of Photography
1987Enemy Territory...Director of Photography
1987Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper...Additional Camera
1986She's Gotta Have It...Director of Photography
1986Vampires...Director of Photography
1986Almacita, Soul of Desolato...Director of Photography
1985Krush Groove...Director of Photography
1984Desiree...Director of Photography
1984Tales from the Darkside...Director of Photography
1984The Brother from Another Planet...Director of Photography
1983Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads...Director of Photography

Writing

1992Juice...Screenplay
1992Juice...Story

Production

Black Diamond...Executive Producer

Acting

2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999as Self
2025Den of Vampiresas
2024Horror's Greatestas Self - Director, Demon Knight
2024Hollywood Blackas Self
2023Love and Hateas Self
2023100 Years of Warner Bros.as Self
2023Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the Worldas Self
2022The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Timeas Self
2020Tales of the Uncannyas Self
2020The Horror Crowdas Self
2019Horror Noire: A History of Black Horroras Self
2018Eli Roth's History of Horroras Self
2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'as Self
2014That Guy Dick Milleras Self
2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!as Self
2010One Night in Vegasas Self
2009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Lateras Self
2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'as Self
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001as Self
2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'as Self
2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evilas Self
2007The Visions of Stanley Kubrickas Self
2006Hitchcocked!as Self
2005Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinemaas Self
2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'as Self
2002Bones: Urban Gothicas Self
1992Visions of Lightas Self
1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'as Self
1986She's Gotta Have Itas Dog 8
Revisiting The Learning Treeas
Diggin’ Up "Bones"as Self