Directing
Ernest R. Dickerson
Born 1951-06-25
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Department: Directing
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ernest R. Dickerson
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The Walking Dead
2010
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The Vampire Diaries
2009
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Dexter
2006
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Criminal Minds
2005
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Law & Order
1990
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Under the Dome
2013
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House of Cards
2013
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The Purge
2018
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Once Upon a Time
2011
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The Wire
2002
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (134 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | V/H/S/Mixtape | Director | Movie | 2026 |
 | In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Den of Vampires | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Horror's Greatest | Self - Director, Demon Knight | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Hollywood Black | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Parish | Director | TV Series | 2024 |
| Love and Hate | Self | Movie | 2023 | |
 | 100 Years of Warner Bros. | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Bosch: Legacy | Director | TV Series | 2022 |
 | DMZ | Director | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Tales of the Uncanny | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Horror Crowd | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Raised by Wolves | Director | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Purge | Director | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. | Director | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Seven Seconds | Director | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Deuce | Director | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Double Play | Director | Movie | 2017 |
 | Blindspot | Director | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Man in the High Castle | Director | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Bosch | Director | TV Series | 2015 |
 | State of Affairs | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Tyrant | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | That Guy Dick Miller | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Sleepy Hollow | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Low Winter Sun | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Under the Dome | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | House of Cards | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Revolution | Director | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Once Upon a Time | Director | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Last Man Standing | Director | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Cape | Director | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Walking Dead | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
 | One Night in Vegas | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | Treme | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Stargate Universe | Director | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Vampire Diaries | Director | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | Something with Bite | Director | Movie | 2009 |
 | Miracle at St. Anna | Second Unit Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Second Unit Director of Photography | Movie | 2008 |
 | Fear Itself | Director | TV Series | 2008 |
 | In Plain Sight | Director | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Tell Me You Love Me | Director | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Burn Notice | Director | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The V Word | Director | Movie | 2006 |
 | Dexter | Director | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Heroes | Director | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Hitchcocked! | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Eureka | Director | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Evidence | Director | TV Series | 2006 |
 | For One Night | Director | Movie | 2006 |
 | Masters of Horror | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Criminal Minds | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Invasion | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Weeds | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Miracle's Boys | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Medium | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The 4400 | Director | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Never Die Alone | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | The L Word | Director | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Good Fences | Director | Movie | 2003 |
 | CSI: Miami | Director | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Our America | Director of Photography | Movie | 2002 |
| Our America | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Wire | Director | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | Bones: Urban Gothic | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Monday Night Mayhem | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | Bones | Director | Movie | 2001 |
 | Crossing Jordan | Director | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Night Visions | Director | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Futuresport | Director | Movie | 1999 |
 | Third Watch | Director | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Strange Justice | Director | Movie | 1999 |
 | Blind Faith | Director | Movie | 1998 |
 | Ambushed | Director | Movie | 1998 |
 | Bulletproof | Director | Movie | 1996 |
 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Director | Movie | 1995 |
 | ER | Director | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Surviving the Game | Director | Movie | 1994 |
 | Stephen King's Golden Tales | Director of Photography | Movie | 1993 |
 | Malcolm X | Director of Photography | Movie | 1992 |
 | Visions of Light | Self | Movie | 1992 |
 | Cousin Bobby | Director of Photography | Movie | 1992 |
| Cousin Bobby | Camera Operator | Movie | 1992 |
 | Juice | Screenplay | Movie | 1992 |
| Juice | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Juice | Story | Movie | 1992 |
 | Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll | Director of Photography | Movie | 1991 |
 | Jungle Fever | Director of Photography | Movie | 1991 |
 | Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story | Director of Photography | Movie | 1990 |
 | Law & Order | Director | TV Series | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Director of Photography | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Mo' Better Blues | Director of Photography | Movie | 1990 |
 | Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella | Director | Movie | 1990 |
 | Def by Temptation | Director of Photography | Movie | 1990 |
 | Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella | Director | Movie | 1990 |
| Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | Movie | 1989 | |
 | Fright House | Director of Photography | Movie | 1989 |
 | Do the Right Thing | Director of Photography | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Laser Man | Director of Photography | Movie | 1988 |
 | School Daze | Director of Photography | Movie | 1988 |
 | Eddie Murphy Raw | Director of Photography | Movie | 1987 |
 | Enemy Territory | Director of Photography | Movie | 1987 |
 | Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper | Additional Camera | Movie | 1987 |
 | She's Gotta Have It | Dog 8 | Movie | 1986 |
| She's Gotta Have It | Director of Photography | Movie | 1986 |
 | Vampires | Director of Photography | Movie | 1986 |
 | Almacita, Soul of Desolato | Director of Photography | Movie | 1986 |
 | Krush Groove | Director of Photography | Movie | 1985 |
 | Desiree | Director of Photography | Movie | 1984 |
 | Tales from the Darkside | Director of Photography | TV Series | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Director | TV Series | 1984 |
 | The Brother from Another Planet | Director of Photography | Movie | 1984 |
 | Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads | Director of Photography | Movie | 1983 |
| Revisiting The Learning Tree | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Diggin’ Up "Bones" | Self | Movie | — |
| Morris Stokes | Director | Movie | — | |
| Black Diamond | Director | Movie | — | |
| Black Diamond | Executive Producer | Movie | — |