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Ernest R. Dickerson

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C., aka. Ernest R. Dickerson, is an American film director and cinematographer. As a cinematographer, he is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. As a director, he is known for films such as Juice (1992), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Bones (2001) and Never Die Alone (2004). He has also directed several episodes of acclaimed television series such as Once Upon a Time (2011), The Wire (2002), Dexter (2006), and The Walking Dead (2010).
BornJune 25, 1951
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BornJune 25, 1951
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    • 10 wins & 19 nominations

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Ernest R. Dickerson in View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007)
Ernest R. Dickerson in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Billy Zane, William Sadler, and Ernest R. Dickerson in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Director Ernest R. Dickerson
Ernest R. Dickerson and DMX in Never Die Alone (2004)
Ernest R. Dickerson in Never Die Alone (2004)
Ernest R. Dickerson and Reagan Gomez-Preston at an event for Never Die Alone (2004)
David Arquette, Ernest R. Dickerson, and Reagan Gomez-Preston at an event for Never Die Alone (2004)
Ernest R. Dickerson

Known for

Juice (1992)
Juice
7.0
  • Director
  • 1992
Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing
8.0
  • Cinematographer(as Ernest Dickerson, photography by)
  • 1989
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X
7.7
  • Cinematographer(as Ernest Dickerson)
  • 1992
Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead
8.1
TV Series
  • Director(as Ernest Dickerson, directed by)

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Director

  • Bosch: Legacy (2022)
    Bosch: Legacy
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Benjamin Bratt, Rosario Dawson, Hoon Lee, and Freddy Miyares in DMZ (2022)
    DMZ
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, and Winta McGrath in Raised by Wolves (2020)
    Raised by Wolves
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson, Ernest Dickerson, directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Titus Welliver in Bosch (2014)
    Bosch
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2020
  • Interrogation (2020)
    Interrogation
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Godfather of Harlem (2019)
    Godfather of Harlem
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • The Purge (2018)
    The Purge
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
    House of Cards
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Man in the High Castle (2015)
    The Man in the High Castle
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, and Jack Reynor in Strange Angel (2018)
    Strange Angel
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • I'm Dying Up Here (2017)
    I'm Dying Up Here
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Tupac Shakur, James J. Zito III, Marcc Rose, and Wavyy Jonez in Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018)
    Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Clare-Hope Ashitey in Seven Seconds (2018)
    Seven Seconds
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce (2017)
    The Deuce
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Blindspot (2015)
    Blindspot
    • Director (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Series
    • 2017

Cinematographer

  • Our America (2002)
    Our America
    • Cinematographer
    • TV Movie
    • 2002
  • Bruce Springsteen in Bruce Springsteen: Murder Incorporated (1995)
    Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
    • Cinematographer (video Born in the U.S.A.)
    • Video
    • 2001
  • And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (2000)
    And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1
    • director of photography (segment Fight the Power)
    • Video
    • 2000
  • Denzel Washington in Malcolm X (1992)
    Malcolm X
    • Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • 1992
  • Cousin Bobby (1992)
    Cousin Bobby
    • Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson, photographed by)
    • 1992
  • Prince and the New Power Generation: Money Don't Matter 2 Night (MTV Version)
    • Cinematographer
    • Music Video
    • 1992
  • Prince and the New Power Generation: Money Don't Matter 2 Night
    • Cinematographer
    • Music Video
    • 1992
  • Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1991)
    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
    • Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • 1991
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
    Jungle Fever
    • Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • 1991
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    • Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • TV Series
    • 1990–1991
  • Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor (1990)
    Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor
    • Cinematographer
    • 1990
  • Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Joie Lee, and Cynda Williams in Mo' Better Blues (1990)
    Mo' Better Blues
    • Cinematographer (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • 1990
  • Def by Temptation (1990)
    Def by Temptation
    • Cinematographer
    • 1990
  • Fright House (1989)
    Fright House
    • Cinematographer
    • Video
    • 1989
  • Public Enemy: Fight the Power (1989)
    Public Enemy: Fight the Power
    • Cinematographer
    • Music Video
    • 1989

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
    Miracle at St. Anna
    • camera operator: second unit
    • director of photography: second unit (as Ernest Dickerson)
    • 2008
  • One Night with Blue Note (1985)
    One Night with Blue Note
    • camera operator
    • Video
    • 1985
  • John Paul in Day of the Dead (1985)
    Day of the Dead
    • second unit camera: Florida Unit
    • 1985
  • General Public: Never You Done That
    • camera operator
    • Short
    • 1985

Videos2

Official Trailer
Trailer 0:51
Official Trailer
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Trailer 1:16
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Ernest Dickerson
  • Born
    • June 25, 1951
    • Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Spouses
      Rose Marie Matoba GeddesSeptember 17, 2015 - present

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  • Trivia
    Graduated from Howard University, an Historically Black college in Washington, DC, and later met filmmaker Spike Lee while both of them were attending New York University's Film School.
  • Quotes
    (About his movie 'Demon Knight): I've always enjoyed films that did a bit of genre-blending and I thought the story for Demon Knight did that perfectly. It was the perfect storm of horror, humor, thrills, had some mystery to it and a lot of emotion so I immediately knew this was going to be a very atypical horror movie to be involved with.

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