Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-06-25 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Ernest Roscoe Dickerson
Ernest Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

6.6%

She's Gotta Have It

Aug 8, 1986

7.2%

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Feb 7, 2019

7.0%

Visions of Light

Sep 17, 1992

6.6%

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Oct 14, 2018

7.7%

100 Years of Warner Bros.

May 25, 2023

7.0%

That Guy Dick Miller

Mar 7, 2014

6.9%

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Oct 23, 2007

6.3%

One Night in Vegas

Sep 7, 2010

7.1%

Tales of the Uncanny

Oct 31, 2020

6.8%

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

Sep 7, 2022

6.0%

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Oct 23, 2007

5.9%

Horror's Greatest

Aug 27, 2024

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Acting

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Revisiting The Learning Tree

2024

Horror's Greatest as Self - Director, Demon Knight

2023		Love and Hate as Self
2023		100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
2023		Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World as Self

2022

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self

2020		Tales of the Uncanny as Self
2020		The Horror Crowd as Himself

2019

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self

2018		Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
2018		Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' as Self

2014

That Guy Dick Miller as Self

2011

Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self

2010

One Night in Vegas as Self

2009

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later as Self

2007		The Visions of Stanley Kubrick as Self
2007		Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
2007		View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' as Self
2007		Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil as Self

2006

Hitchcocked! as Self

2005		Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
2005		By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self

1992

Visions of Light as Self

1989

Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self

1986

She's Gotta Have It as Dog 8

Camera

2002

Our America as Director of Photography

1992		Malcolm X as Director of Photography
1992		Cousin Bobby as Director of Photography
1992		Cousin Bobby as Camera Operator

1991		Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll as Director of Photography
1991		Jungle Fever as Director of Photography

1990		Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story as Director of Photography
1990		Mo' Better Blues as Director of Photography
1990		Def by Temptation as Director of Photography

1989		Fright House as Director of Photography
1989		Do the Right Thing as Director of Photography

1988		The Laser Man as Director of Photography
1988		School Daze as Director of Photography

1987		Eddie Murphy Raw as Director of Photography
1987		Enemy Territory as Director of Photography
1987		Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper as Additional Camera

1986		She's Gotta Have It as Director of Photography
1986		Vampires as Director of Photography
1986		Almacita, Soul of Desolato as Director of Photography

1985		Krush Groove as Director of Photography
1985		Stephen King's Golden Tales as Director of Photography
1985		Grandma's Last Wish as Director of Photography
1985		If the Shoes Fit... as Director of Photography

1984		Desiree as Director of Photography
1984		Slippage as Director of Photography
1984		The Odds as Director of Photography
1984		Pain Killer as Director of Photography
1984		Tales from the Darkside as Director of Photography
1984		The Brother from Another Planet as Director of Photography

1983

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads as Director of Photography

Directing

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Untitled Hitman Thriller as Director

2024

Parish as Director

2022		Bosch: Legacy as Director
2022		DMZ as Director

2020

Raised by Wolves as Director

2018		The Purge as Director
2018		Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. as Director
2018		Seven Seconds as Director

2017		The Deuce as Director
2017		Double Play as Director

2015		Blindspot as Director
2015		The Man in the High Castle as Director
2015		Bosch as Director

2014

State of Affairs as Director

2013		Sleepy Hollow as Director
2013		Low Winter Sun as Director
2013		Under the Dome as Director

2012

Revolution as Director

2011		Once Upon a Time as Director
2011		Last Man Standing as Director
2011		The Cape as Director

2010		The Walking Dead as Director
2010		Treme as Director

2009		Stargate Universe as Director
2009		Something with Bite as Director

2008		Fear Itself as Director
2008		In Plain Sight as Director

2007		Tell Me You Love Me as Director
2007		Burn Notice as Director

2006		The V Word as Director
2006		Dexter as Director
2006		Heroes as Director
2006		Eureka as Director
2006		The Evidence as Director
2006		For One Night as Director

2005		Masters of Horror as Director
2005		Criminal Minds as Director
2005		Invasion as Director
2005		Weeds as Director
2005		Miracle's Boys as Director
2005		Medium as Director

2004		The 4400 as Director
2004		Never Die Alone as Director
2004		The L Word as Director

2003

Good Fences as Director

2002		CSI: Miami as Director
2002		Our America as Director
2002		The Wire as Director
2002		Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie as Director
2002		Monday Night Mayhem as Director

2001		Bones as Director
2001		Crossing Jordan as Director
2001		Night Visions as Director

1999		Futuresport as Director
1999		Third Watch as Director
1999		Strange Justice as Director

1998		Blind Faith as Director
1998		Ambushed as Director

1996

Bulletproof as Director

1995

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Director

1994		ER as Director
1994		Surviving the Game as Director

1992

Juice as Director

1990		Law & Order as Director
1990		Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella as Director

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Director

1984

Tales from the Darkside as Director

Writing

1992		Juice as Screenplay
1992		Juice as Story