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Ernest R. Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson

Director · Born June 25, 1951 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

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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.

Directed 72

2000s

  1. 2009

    Stargate Universe

    Director

    75

  2. The Vampire Diaries

    Director

    79

  3. Something with Bite

    Director

  4. 2008

    Miracle at St. Anna

    Second Unit Director

    50

  5. Fear Itself

    Director

    69

  6. In Plain Sight

    Director

    73
  7. 2007

    Tell Me You Love Me

    Director

    71

  8. Burn Notice

    Director

    79
  9. 2006

    The V Word

    Director

  10. Dexter

    Director

    85

  11. Heroes

    Director

    75

  12. Eureka

    Director

    78

  13. The Evidence

    Director

  14. For One Night

    Director

  15. 2005

    Masters of Horror

    Director

    73

  16. Criminal Minds

    Director

    82

  17. Invasion

    Director

    74

  18. Weeds

    Director

    78

  19. Miracle's Boys

    Director

  20. Medium

    Director

    73
  21. 2004

    The 4400

    Director

    72

  22. Never Die Alone

    Director

    46

  23. The L Word

    Director

    77
  24. 2003

    Good Fences

    Director

  25. 2002

    CSI: Miami

    Director

    68

  26. Our America

    Director

  27. The Wire

    Director

    91

  28. Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie

    Director

  29. Monday Night Mayhem

    Director

  30. 2001

    Bones

    Director

  31. Crossing Jordan

    Director

    71

  32. Night Visions

    Director

    73

1990s

  1. 1999

    Futuresport

    Director

    42

  2. Third Watch

    Director

    80

  3. Strange Justice

    Director

  4. 1998

    Blind Faith

    Director

  5. Ambushed

    Director

    56
  6. 1996

    Bulletproof

    Director

    42
  7. 1995

    Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

    Director

    59
  8. 1994

    ER

    Director

    79

  9. Surviving the Game

    Director

    52
  10. 1992

    Juice

    Director

    71
  11. 1990

    Law & Order

    Director

    77

  12. Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

    Director

  13. Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

    Director

Camera 26

2000s

  1. 2008

    Miracle at St. Anna

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    50
  2. 2002

    Our America

    Director of Photography

1990s

  1. 1993

    Golden Tales

    Director of Photography

  2. 1992

    Malcolm X

    Director of Photography

    78

  3. Cousin Bobby

    Director of Photography, Camera Operator

  4. 1991

    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

    Director of Photography

  5. Jungle Fever

    Director of Photography

    66
  6. 1990

    Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

    Director of Photography

  7. Law & Order

    Director of Photography

    77

  8. Mo' Better Blues

    Director of Photography

    66

  9. Def by Temptation

    Director of Photography

    59

1980s

  1. 1989

    Fright House

    Director of Photography

  2. Do the Right Thing

    Director of Photography

    84
  3. 1988

    The Laser Man

    Director of Photography

  4. School Daze

    Director of Photography

  5. 1987

    Eddie Murphy Raw

    Director of Photography

  6. Enemy Territory

    Director of Photography

  7. Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Additional Camera

  8. 1986

    She's Gotta Have It

    Director of Photography

    74

  9. Vampires

    Director of Photography

  10. Almacita, Soul of Desolato

    Director of Photography

  11. 1985

    Krush Groove

    Director of Photography

  12. 1984

    Desiree

    Director of Photography

  13. Tales from the Darkside

    Director of Photography

    73

  14. The Brother from Another Planet

    Director of Photography

    72
  15. 1983

    Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

    Director of Photography

Acted in 2

2020s

  1. 2025

    Den of Vampires

    Movie

Wrote 2

Appearances26

2020s

  1. 2025

    In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999

    Self

  2. 2024

    Horror's Greatest

    Self - Director, Demon Knight · 4 episodes

  3. Hollywood Black

    Self · 4 episodes

  4. 2023

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

    Self · 2 episodes

    75

  5. Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

    Self · 4 episodes

  6. 2022

    The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

    Self · 8 episodes

  7. 2020

    Tales of the Uncanny

    Self

  8. The Horror Crowd

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

    Self

  2. 2018

    Eli Roth's History of Horror

    Self · 5 episodes

    75

  3. Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

    Self · 3 episodes

  4. 2014

    That Guy Dick Miller

    Self

  5. 2011

    Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

    Self

  6. 2010

    One Night in Vegas

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

    Self

  2. 2007

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

    Self

  3. View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    Self

  4. The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    Self

  5. Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

    Self

  6. Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Self

  7. 2006

    Hitchcocked!

    Self

  8. 2005

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

    Self

  9. By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

    Self

  10. 2002

    Bones: Urban Gothic

    Self

1990s

  1. 1992

    Visions of Light

    Self

No release date

  1. Diggin’ Up "Bones"

    Self