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Ernest R. Dickerson

Director | Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department

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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1990. See more trivia »

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Ernest Roscoe Dickerson
in Newark, New Jersey, USA
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2008-2013 Dexter (TV series)
– What's Eating Dexter Morgan? (2013)
– Swim Deep (2012) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Talk to the Hand (2011) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Sin of Omission (2011) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Teenage Wasteland (2010) (as Ernest Dickerson)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2010-2013 The Walking Dead (TV series)
– Welcome to the Tombs (2013) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Seed (2012) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Beside the Dying Fire (2012) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– 18 Miles Out (2012) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Bloodletting (2011) (as Ernest Dickerson)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2013 Low Winter Sun (TV series)
 
2010-2012 Treme (TV series)
– Don't You Leave Me Here (2012) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– The Greatest Love (2012) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Do Watcha Wanna (2011) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Can I Change My Mind? (2011) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Right Place, Wrong Time (2010) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2011 Last Man Standing (TV movie)
 
2011 The Cape (TV series)
– Endgame (2011) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2010 Treme Musical Performances: My Indian Red (video short)
 
2009 SGU Stargate Universe (TV series)
– Earth (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2009 The Vampire Diaries (TV series)
– Haunted (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2007-2009 Lincoln Heights (TV series)
– Relative Unknown (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Trash (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– The Day Before Tomorrow (2008) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– No Way Back (2007) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2009 Burn Notice (TV series)
– Shot in the Dark (2009)
– Truth and Reconciliation (2009)
 
2009 In Plain Sight (TV series)
– A Frond in Need (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2009 Law & Order (TV series)
– Exchange (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2009 Medium (TV series)
– Truth Be Told (2009) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2009 Fear Itself (TV series)
– Something with Bite (2009)
 
2008 Eureka (TV series)
– Show Me the Mummy (2008) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2003-2008 The Wire (TV series)
– Unconfirmed Reports (2008) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Final Grades (2006) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Misgivings (2006) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Mission Accomplished (2004) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Hamsterdam (2004) (as Ernest Dickerson)
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2007 Weeds (TV series)
– The Dark Time (2007) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Release the Hounds (2007) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2007 Tell Me You Love Me (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (2007)
 
2007 The 4400 (TV series)
– The Wrath of Graham (2007) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005-2006 ER (TV series)
– Reason to Believe (2006) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– You Are Here (2005) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Middleman (2005) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2006 Masters of Horror (TV series)
– The V Word (2006) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2006 Heroes (TV series)
– Chapter Four 'Collision' (2006) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2006 Heroes (TV series)
– Collision (2006)
 
2006 The Evidence (TV series)
– And the Envelope Please (2006) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2006 For One Night (TV movie)
 
2006 CSI: Miami (TV series)
– Silencer (2006)
 
2005 Invasion (TV series)
– The Cradle (2005) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 Criminal Minds (TV series)
– L.D.S.K. (2005) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
– Total Recall (2005) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 The L Word (TV series)
– Luminous (2005)
 
2005 Miracle's Boys (TV mini-series)
– In the Game of Life (2005)
 
2004 Third Watch (TV series)
– Greatest Detectives in the World (2004) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Blessed and Bewildered (2004) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2004 Never Die Alone (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2003 Good Fences (TV movie) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2002 Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (TV movie)
 
2002 Monday Night Mayhem (TV movie)
 
2002 Our America (TV movie) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2001 Bones (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2001 Night Visions (TV series)
– Still Life (2001)
– My So-Called Life and Death (2001)
 
1999 Strange Justice (TV movie)
 
1998 Futuresport (TV movie) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1998 Ambushed (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1998 Blind Faith
 
1996 Bulletproof (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1994 Surviving the Game (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1992 Juice
 
1990 Great Performances (TV series)
– Spike & Co.: Do It Acapella (1990)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (26 titles)
2002 Our America (TV movie)
 
2001 Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (video documentary) (video "Born in the U.S.A.")
 
2000 And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (video) (director of photography / segment "Fight the Power")
 
1992 Malcolm X (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1992 Cousin Bobby (documentary)
 
1991 Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (documentary) (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1991 Jungle Fever (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1990-1991 Law & Order (TV series)
– A Death in the Family (1991) (director of photography / as Ernest Dickerson)
– Prisoner of Love (1990) (director of photography / as Ernest Dickerson)
– By Hooker, by Crook (1990) (director of photography / as Ernest Dickerson)
– Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1990) (director of photography / as Ernest Dickerson)
– Subterranean Homeboy Blues (1990) (director of photography / as Ernest Dickerson)
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1990 Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
 
1990 Mo' Better Blues (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1990 Def by Temptation
 
1989 Fright House (video)
 
1989 Do the Right Thing (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1989 Bruce Springsteen: Video Anthology 1978-1988 (video documentary) (video "Born in the U.S.A.")
 
1988 The Laser Man (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1988 School Daze (photographed by / as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1988 Negatives
 
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw (documentary)
 
1987 Enemy Territory
 
1986 Almacita, Soul of Desolato
 
1986 She's Gotta Have It (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1984-1986 Tales from the Darkside (TV series)
– A Choice of Dreams (1986)
– Parlour Floor Front (1985) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– Grandma's Last Wish (1985)
– If the Shoes Fit... (1985) (as Ernest Dickerson)
– The Word Processor of the Gods (1984)
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1985 Krush Groove (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1984 Desiree
 
1984 The Brother from Another Planet
 
1983 Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (3 titles)
2008 Miracle at St. Anna (camera operator: second unit - as Ernest Dickerson, director of photography: second unit - as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1985 Day of the Dead (second unit camera: Florida Unit)
 
1985 One Night with Blue Note (video) (camera operator)
 
2008 Miracle at St. Anna (second unit director - as Ernest Dickerson)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1992 Juice (screenplay / story)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1986 She's Gotta Have It
Dog 8 (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2002 Diggin' Up 'Bones' (video short) (very special thanks - as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2002 Urban Gothic (video documentary short) (very special thanks - as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary) (special thanks: AFI - as Ernest Dickerson)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2011 Talking Dead (TV series)
Himself - Director
– What Lies Ahead (2011) … Himself - Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Trailers from Hell Volume 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
Himself
– One Night in Vegas (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Director's Minutes Ernest R Dickerson (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Trailers from Hell (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2007 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2006 Hitchcocked! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (video documentary)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 Making a Mark (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 College Daze (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Urban Gothic (video documentary short)
Himself - Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
2002 Diggin' Up 'Bones' (video short)
Himself - Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
 
1997 A-Z of Horror (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary)
Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
 

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Trivia:

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1990. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer