Ernest R. Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson

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.

On screen

  • Den of Vampires
  • In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
  • The Horror Crowd
  • Tales of the Uncanny
  • Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
  • That Guy Dick Miller
  • Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
  • One Night in Vegas
  • Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
  • Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
  • View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
  • The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
  • Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
  • Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
  • Hitchcocked!
  • Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
  • By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
  • Bones: Urban Gothic
  • Visions of Light
  • She's Gotta Have It
  • Diggin’ Up "Bones"

Behind the camera

  • V/H/S/Mixtape
  • Double Play
  • Last Man Standing
  • Something with Bite
  • For One Night
  • The V Word
  • Never Die Alone
  • Good Fences
  • Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
  • Monday Night Mayhem
  • Our America
  • Bones
  • Futuresport
  • Strange Justice
  • Ambushed
  • Blind Faith
  • Bulletproof
  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
  • Surviving the Game
  • Juice
  • Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
  • Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

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