Ernest R. Dickerson

Directing

Ernest R. Dickerson

Born
(age 75)
Birthplace
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Credits
126 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 31

YearTitleRole
TBA Revisiting The Learning Tree Film
TBA Diggin’ Up "Bones" Film Self
2025 In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 Film Self
2025 Den of Vampires Film
2024 Horror's Greatest TV Self - Director, Demon Knight (4 ep)
2024 Hollywood Black TV Self (4 ep)
2023 Love and Hate Film Self
2023 100 Years of Warner Bros. TV Self (2 ep)
2023 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World TV Self (4 ep)
2022 The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time TV Self (8 ep)
2020 Tales of the Uncanny Film Self
2020 The Horror Crowd Film Self
2019 Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Film Self
2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror TV Self (5 ep)
2018 Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' TV Self (3 ep)
2014 That Guy Dick Miller Film Self
2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie! Film Self
2010 One Night in Vegas Film Self
2009 Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later Film Self
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' Film Self
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' Film Self
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick Film Self
2007 Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil Film Self
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 Film Self
2006 Hitchcocked! Film Self
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema Film Self
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' Film Self
2002 Bones: Urban Gothic Film Self
1992 Visions of Light Film Self
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' Film Self
1986 She's Gotta Have It Film Dog 8

Crew credits 96

YearTitleJob
TBA Morris Stokes Film Director
TBA Black Diamond Film Director, Executive Producer
2026 V/H/S/MIXTAPE Film Director, Writer
2024 Parish TV Director (1 ep)
2022 Bosch: Legacy TV Director (3 ep)
2022 DMZ TV Director (3 ep)
2020 Raised by Wolves TV Director (2 ep)
2018 The Purge TV Director (2 ep)
2018 Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. TV Director (1 ep)
2018 Seven Seconds TV Director (1 ep)
2017 The Deuce TV Director (1 ep)
2017 Double Play Film Director
2015 Blindspot TV Director (1 ep)
2015 The Man in the High Castle TV Director (1 ep)
2015 Bosch TV Director (12 ep)
2014 State of Affairs TV Director (1 ep)
2014 Hand of God TV Director (1 ep)
2014 Tyrant TV Director (1 ep)
2013 Sleepy Hollow TV Director (1 ep)
2013 Low Winter Sun TV Director (2 ep)
2013 Under the Dome TV Director (1 ep)
2013 House of Cards TV Director (1 ep)
2012 Revolution TV Director (1 ep)
2011 Once Upon a Time TV Director (1 ep)
2011 Last Man Standing Film Director
2011 The Cape TV Director (1 ep)
2010 The Walking Dead TV Director (11 ep)
2010 Treme TV Director (6 ep)
2009 Stargate Universe TV Director (1 ep)
2009 The Vampire Diaries TV Director (1 ep)
2009 Something with Bite Film Director
2008 Miracle at St. Anna Film Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2008 Fear Itself TV Director (1 ep)
2008 In Plain Sight TV Director (1 ep)
2007 Tell Me You Love Me TV Director (1 ep)
2007 Burn Notice TV Director (2 ep)
2006 The V Word Film Director
2006 Dexter TV Director (9 ep)
2006 Heroes TV Director (1 ep)
2006 Eureka TV Director (1 ep)
2006 The Evidence TV Director (1 ep)
2006 For One Night Film Director
2005 Masters of Horror TV Director (1 ep)
2005 Criminal Minds TV Director (1 ep)
2005 Invasion TV Director (1 ep)
2005 Weeds TV Director (2 ep)
2005 Miracle's Boys TV Director (1 ep)
2005 Medium TV Director (1 ep)
2004 The 4400 TV Director (1 ep)
2004 Never Die Alone Film Director
2004 The L Word TV Director (1 ep)
2003 Good Fences Film Director
2002 CSI: Miami TV Director (1 ep)
2002 Our America Film Director of Photography
2002 The Wire TV Director (6 ep)
2002 Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie Film Director
2002 Monday Night Mayhem Film Director
2001 Bones Film Director
2001 Crossing Jordan TV Director (1 ep)
2001 Night Visions TV Director (2 ep)
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