Ernest R. Dickerson
🎬 Director

Ernest R. Dickerson

🎂 Born 25 June 1951 (age 75)📍 Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Acting Credits
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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

She's Gotta Have It
★ 6.6
She's Gotta Have It
1986
Dog 8
Visions of Light
★ 7.0
Visions of Light
1992
Self
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
★ 6.8
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
★ 6.6
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Self

Directed Films(21)

Juice
★ 7.2
Juice
1992
Director
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
★ 6.9
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Director
Bulletproof
★ 5.7
Bulletproof
1996
Director
Bones
★ 4.9
Bones
2001
Director
Surviving the Game
★ 6.1
Surviving the Game
1994
Director
Never Die Alone
★ 5.5
Never Die Alone
2004
Director
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
★ 5.4
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
2002
Director
Blind Faith
★ 6.2
Blind Faith
1998
Director
The V Word
★ 5.0
The V Word
2006
Director
Last Man Standing
★ 4.5
Last Man Standing
2011
Director
Ambushed
★ 5.1
Ambushed
1998
Director
Good Fences
★ 5.9
Good Fences
2003
Director
Double Play
★ 3.5
Double Play
2017
Director
For One Night
★ 7.6
For One Night
2006
Director
Futuresport
★ 4.3
Futuresport
1999
Director
Strange Justice
★ 7.0
Strange Justice
1999
Director
Our America
★ 8.0
Our America
2002
Director
Monday Night Mayhem
★ 6.0
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
Director
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
★ 10.0
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
Director
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
Fear Itself: Something with Bite
2009
Director
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Director

Full Filmography(19 films)

YearTitleRating
1986She's Gotta Have It★ 6.61992Visions of Light★ 7.02019Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror★ 6.82005Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema★ 6.62020Tales of the Uncanny★ 7.02007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001★ 6.22025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999★ 7.02014That Guy Dick Miller★ 7.02020The Horror Crowd★ 5.72009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later★ 7.02007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil★ 4.32007The Visions of Stanley Kubrick★ 6.92010One Night in Vegas★ 6.32007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'★ 6.12007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'★ 7.42006Hitchcocked!★ 6.02005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'★ 6.02011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!—2025Den of Vampires—
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