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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-07-17 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Austin, Texas, USA

Thomas Carter

Biography

Thomas Carter (born July 17, 1953) is an American film and television director known for Swing Kids, Save the Last Dance with Julia Stiles, and Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson.

As an actor, Carter is probably best known for his work on the television series The White Shadow, playing James "Hollywood" Hayward, a high school basketball star with a high IQ for justice.

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Acting

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

1981		Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Orderly John
1981		Full Moon High as High School Student
1981		Hill Street Blues

1978		The White Shadow as James Hayward
1978		Almost Summer as Dean Hampton

1977

Szysznyk

1976		The Monkey Hustle as Player
1976		What's Happening!!

1975

Isis as Fabian

1974

Good Times

1972

M*A*S*H

Creator

1990

Equal Justice as Creator

Directing

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Company Town as Director

2019		The Morning Show as Director
2019		Project Blue Book as Director

2018		New Amsterdam as Director
2018		Five Points as Director
2018		The Resident as Director

2017		Gone as Director
2017		SEAL Team as Director
2017		American Gods as Director

2016		Ice as Director
2016		Animal Kingdom as Director
2016		Roots as Director
2016		Colony as Director
2016		Shades of Blue as Director

2015

Bosch as Director

2014		When the Game Stands Tall as Director
2014		The Strain as Director

2009

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story as Director

2007

Damages as Director

2006

Brotherhood as Director

2005		Hitched as Director
2005		Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie as Director
2005		Coach Carter as Director

2002

Hack as Director

2001		UC: Undercover as Director
2001		Save the Last Dance as Director

1997		Michael Hayes as Director
1997		Metro as Director

1995		Divas as Director
1995		Under One Roof as Director

1993

Swing Kids as Director

1990

Equal Justice as Director

1988

Midnight Caller as Director

1987

A Year in the Life as Director

1986		A Year in the Life as Director
1986		Under the Influence as Director
1986		Heart of the City as Director

1985		Amazing Stories as Director
1985		The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Director

1984		Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Director
1984		Miami Vice as Director
1984		Call to Glory as Director
1984		Call to Glory as Director

1983		Bay City Blues as Director
1983		Trauma Center as Director

1982		St. Elsewhere as Director
1982		Remington Steele as Director
1982		Fame as Director

1981		Bret Maverick as Director
1981		Hill Street Blues as Director

1978

The White Shadow as Director

Production

2005

Coach Carter as Executive Producer

2002

Hack as Producer

1997

Don King: Only in America as Executive Producer

1996

The Uninvited as Executive Producer

1995		Divas as Executive Producer
1995		Under One Roof as Producer

Visual Effects

2021

The Color of You as Animation

Writing

1995

Divas as Writer