Ernest R. Dickerson
Known for: Directing
Born: June 25, 1951
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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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Filmography
70 movies · 54 TV shows, newest first
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V/H/S/Mixtape
2026
7.0
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
2025
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Den of Vampires
2025
6.4
Horror's Greatest
2024
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
6.3
Parish
2024NR
Love and Hate
2023
7.6
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
7.0
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023
6.7
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
8.0
Bosch: Legacy
2022
5.5
DMZ
2022
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
5.7
The Horror Crowd
2020
7.5
Raised by Wolves
2020
6.8
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
6.3
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
6.9
The Purge
2018
6.8
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
7.3
Seven Seconds
2018
7.6
The Deuce
2017
3.5
Double Play
2017
7.4
Blindspot
2015
7.5
The Man in the High Castle
2015
7.9
Bosch
2015
5.7
State of Affairs
2014
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
7.4
Sleepy Hollow
2013
6.2
Low Winter Sun
2013
7.1
Under the Dome
2013
8.0
House of Cards
2013
6.4
Revolution
2012
7.4
Once Upon a Time
2011
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Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
4.4
Last Man Standing
2011
5.1
The Cape
2011
8.1
The Walking Dead
2010
6.3
One Night in Vegas
2010
7.6
Treme
2010
7.4
Stargate Universe
2009
8.3
The Vampire Diaries
2009
7.0
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
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Something with Bite
2009
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
6.8
Fear Itself
2008
7.0
In Plain Sight
2008
6.1
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
7.4
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
6.9
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
4.3
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
6.2
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
6.5
Tell Me You Love Me
2007
7.5
Burn Notice
2007
5.0
The V Word
2006
8.2
Dexter
2006
7.4
Heroes
2006
6.0
Hitchcocked!
2006
7.7
Eureka
2006
8.7
The Evidence
2006
7.6
For One Night
2006
7.1
Masters of Horror
2005
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
7.1
Invasion
2005
6.5
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
7.5
Weeds
2005
7.0
Miracle's Boys
2005
6.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
7.5
Medium
2005
7.2
The 4400
2004
5.5
Never Die Alone
2004
7.7
The L Word
2004
5.9
Good Fences
2003
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
8.0
Our America
2002
8.6
The Wire
2002
5.4
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
2002
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Bones: Urban Gothic
2002
6.2
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
5.0
Bones
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
7.1
Night Visions
2001
4.3
Futuresport
1999
7.9
Third Watch
1999
7.0
Strange Justice
1999
6.2
Blind Faith
1998
5.1
Ambushed
1998
5.8
Bulletproof
1996
6.8
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
7.8
ER
1994
6.2
Surviving the Game
1994
4.0
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993
7.6
Malcolm X
1992
7.0
Visions of Light
1992
6.7
Cousin Bobby
1992
7.2
Juice
1992
6.6
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
1991
6.4
Jungle Fever
1991
6.3
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
1990
7.3
Law & Order
1990
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
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Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
4.8
Def by Temptation
1990
10.0
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
19906.9
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
3.4
Fright House
1989
7.8
Do the Right Thing
1989
6.0
The Laser Man
1988
5.7
School Daze
1988
7.3
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987
5.6
Enemy Territory
1987
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Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987
6.6
She's Gotta Have It
1986
4.3
Vampires
1986
10.0
Almacita, Soul of Desolato
1986
6.4
Krush Groove
1985
6.8
Desiree
1984
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
6.3
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983NR
Revisiting The Learning Tree
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Diggin’ Up "Bones"
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Morris Stokes
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Black Diamond
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