Acting credits
25
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Ernest R. Dickerson
Directing
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Movies: 60Series: 52Crew credits: 88
TMDB ID: 15521
IMDb ID: nm0225416
Known for: Directing
Born: June 25, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q1356510
Also known as
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson • Ernest Dickerson
Other jobs
Director (62)Director of Photography (23)Additional Camera (1)Screenplay (1)Second Unit Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ernest R. Dickerson.
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
as Self
2025 Movie
Den of Vampires
2025 Movie
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
2020 Movie
5.7
The Horror Crowd
as Self
2020 Movie
6.7
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
2019 Movie
3.5
Double Play
Director
2017 Movie
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014 Movie
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2011 Movie
4.4
Last Man Standing
Director
2011 Movie
6.3
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2010 Movie
7.0
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
2009 Movie
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
Second Unit Director
2008 Movie
4.3
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self
2007 Movie
6.9
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007 Movie
6.1
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007 Movie
7.4
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007 Movie
4.9
The V Word
Director
2006 Movie
6.0
Hitchcocked!
as Self
2006 Movie
7.5
For One Night
Director
2006 Movie
6.6
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self
2005 Movie
5.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self
2005 Movie
5.5
Never Die Alone
Director
2004 Movie
5.7
Good Fences
Director
2003 Movie
7.0
Our America
Director of Photography
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ernest R. Dickerson.
6.3
Horror's Greatest
as Self - Director, Demon Knight • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.5
Parish
Director • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self • 4 eps
2023 Series
7.1
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self • 8 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Bosch: Legacy
Director • 3 eps
2022 Series
5.8
DMZ
Director • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Raised by Wolves
Director • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.5
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self • 5 eps
2018 Series
6.3
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
6.9
The Purge
Director • 2 eps
2018 Series
6.8
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Director • 10 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Seven Seconds
Director • 10 eps
2018 Series
7.6
The Deuce
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Blindspot
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
The Man in the High Castle
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.9
Bosch
Director • 12 eps
2015 Series
5.6
State of Affairs
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Sleepy Hollow
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.1
Low Winter Sun
Director • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.1
Under the Dome
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.4
Revolution
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.4
Once Upon a Time
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.0
The Cape
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series