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Ernest R. Dickerson

Film Director / Cinematographer / Television Director | * 06/25/1951 (72) | Newark, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos. As a cinematographer, Dickerson is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ever since they were classmates at the Tisch School of the Arts and worked together on Lee's 1983 master's degree thesis student film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, which ultimately won a Student Academy Award. Dickerson went on to shoot the Lee-directed films She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), and Malcolm X (1992). As a director, Dickerson is known for crime thriller and horro... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Malcolm X

FSK: 12+ years

1992 | 3.8/5 | 3h 22min
available on:

Juice

FSK: 16+ years

1992 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

FSK: 18+ years

1995 | 3.4/5 | 1h 32min
available on:

Do the Right Thing

FSK: 12+ years

1989 | 3.9/5 | 2h
available on:

The Walking Dead

FSK: 18+ years

2010 | 4.1/5 | 42min per episode
available on:
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Movies with Ernest R. Dickerson as Actor(17)

TV Shows/Series with Ernest R. Dickerson as Actor(4)

Movies with Ernest R. Dickerson as Crew(43)

Directing/Director2017 Double Play
Directing/Director2011 Last Man Standing
Directing/Director2006 For One Night
Directing/Director2006 The V Word
Directing/Director2004 Never Die Alone
Directing/Director2003 Good Fences
Camera/Director of Photography2002 Our America
Directing/Director2002 Our America
Directing/Director2002 Monday Night Mayhem
Directing/Director2001 Bones
Directing/Director1999 Strange Justice
Directing/Director1999 Futuresport
Directing/Director1998 Blind Faith
Directing/Director1998 Ambushed
Directing/Director1996 Bulletproof
Directing/Director1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Directing/Director1994 Surviving the Game
Camera/Camera Operator1992 Cousin Bobby
Camera/Director of Photography1992 Cousin Bobby
Directing/Director1992 Juice
Writing/Screenplay1992 Juice
Camera/Director of Photography1992 Malcolm X
Crew/Cinematography1991 Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
Camera/Director of Photography1991 Jungle Fever
Camera/Director of Photography1990 Def by Temptation
Camera/Director of Photography1990 Mo' Better Blues
Crew/Cinematography1990 Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
Crew/Cinematography1989 Fright House
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Do the Right Thing
Camera/Director of Photography1988 School Daze
Camera/Director of Photography1988 The Laser Man
Camera/Director of Photography1987 Eddie Murphy Raw
Crew/Cinematography1987 Enemy Territory
Crew/Cinematography1986 Vampires
Crew/Cinematography1986 Almacita, Soul of Desolato
Camera/Director of Photography1986 She's Gotta Have It
Camera/Director of Photography1985 Krush Groove
Camera/Director of Photography1985 Stephen King's Golden Tales
Camera/Director of Photography1984 The Brother from Another Planet
Crew/Cinematography1984 Desiree

TV Shows/Series with Ernest R. Dickerson as Crew(45)

Directing/Director2022 Bosch: Legacy
Directing/Director2022 DMZ
Directing/Director2020 Raised by Wolves
Directing/Director2018 Seven Seconds
Directing/Director2018 The Purge
Directing/Director2017 The Deuce
Directing/Director2015 Bosch
Directing/Director2015 Blindspot
Directing/Director2015 The Man in the High Castle
Directing/Director2014 State of Affairs
Directing/Director2013 Low Winter Sun
Directing/Director2013 Under the Dome
Directing/Director2013 Sleepy Hollow
Directing/Director2012 Revolution
Directing/Director2011 The Cape
Directing/Director2011 Once Upon a Time
Directing/Director2010 Treme
Directing/Director2010 The Walking Dead
Directing/Director2009 Stargate Universe
Directing/Director2008 In Plain Sight
Directing/Director2008 Fear Itself
Directing/Director2007 Burn Notice
Directing/Director2007 Tell Me You Love Me
Directing/Director2006 Dexter
Directing/Director2006 Eureka
Directing/Director2006 Heroes
Directing/Director2006 The Evidence
Directing/Director2005 Medium
Directing/Director2005 Criminal Minds
Directing/Director2005 Miracle's Boys
Directing/Director2005 Weeds
Directing/Director2005 Masters of Horror
Directing/Director2005 Invasion
Directing/Director2004 The 4400
Directing/Director2004 The L Word
Directing/Director2002 CSI: Miami
Directing/Director2002 The Wire
Directing/Director2001 Night Visions
Directing/Director2001 Crossing Jordan
Directing/Director1999 Third Watch
Directing/Director1994 ER
Directing/Director1990 Law & Order
Directing/Director1989 Tales from the Crypt
Camera/Director of Photography1984 Tales from the Darkside
Directing/Director1984 Tales from the Darkside

Full Name: Ernest Dickerson
Born: Monday, 06/25 1951 (June) in Newark, New Jersey (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 72 years + 278 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Educated at: Howard University, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Other names for Ernest R. Dickerson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ernest Roscoe Dickerson"
"Ernest Dickerson"
Ernest R. Dickerson frequently works together with these people:
Spike Lee (35x, Crew)
Eric Overmyer (15x, Crew)
Gary Leva (12x, Crew)
Gregory Nicotero (11x, Crew)
David Aaron Baker (11x, Actor)
David Simon (11x, Crew)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Tim Kring (10x, Crew)
Bryan Spicer (10x, Crew)
Anthony Hemingway (10x, Crew)
Joe Gonzalez (10x, Actor)
Mark Casella (10x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:484598, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024