Ernest R. Dickerson

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Walking Dead (2010) — Director
2. The Vampire Diaries (2009) — Director
3. Dexter (2006) — Director
4. Criminal Minds (2005) — Director
5. Under the Dome (2013) — Director
6. The Purge (2018) — Director
7. House of Cards (2013) — Director
8. The Wire (2002) — Director
9. Heroes (2006) — Director
10. Blindspot (2015) — Director
11. Once Upon a Time (2011) — Director
12. Raised by Wolves (2020) — Director
13. CSI: Miami (2002) — Director
14. The Man in the High Castle (2015) — Director
15. Sleepy Hollow (2013) — Director
16. Weeds (2005) — Director
17. ER (1994) — Director
18. The L Word (2004) — Director
19. Stargate Universe (2009) — Director
20. The 4400 (2004) — Director
21. Bosch (2015) — Director
22. Eureka (2006) — Director
23. Law & Order (1990) — Director
24. Bulletproof (1996) — Director
25. Revolution (2012) — Director
26. Burn Notice (2007) — Director
27. Medium (2005) — Director
28. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) — Director
29. Juice (1992) — Director
30. The Deuce (2017) — Director
31. Masters of Horror (2005) — Director
32. Bosch: Legacy (2022) — Director
33. Third Watch (1999) — Director
34. Surviving the Game (1994) — Director
35. Bones (2001) — Director
36. Fear Itself (2008) — Director
37. Seven Seconds (2018) — Director
38. Crossing Jordan (2001) — Director
39. Treme (2010) — Director
40. Invasion (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

1. She's Gotta Have It (1986) — Dog 8
2. Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) — Self
3. Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018) — Self
4. Visions of Light (1992) — Self
5. 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023) — Self
6. Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007) — Self
7. That Guy Dick Miller (2014) — Self
8. The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022) — Self
9. The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007) — Self
10. Tales of the Uncanny (2020) — Self
11. Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007) — Self
12. One Night in Vegas (2010) — Self
13. Horror's Greatest (2024) — Self - Director, Demon Knight
14. Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) — Self
15. Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007) — Self
16. View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007) — Self
17. Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005) — Self
18. Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023) — Self
19. Hollywood Black (2024) — Self
20. Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later (2009) — Self
21. The Horror Crowd (2020) — Self
22. Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018) — Self
23. By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005) — Self
24. Hitchcocked! (2006) — Self
25. In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 (2025) — Self
26. Love and Hate (2023) — Self
27. Revisiting The Learning Tree
28. Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011) — Self
29. Den of Vampires (2025)
30. Diggin’ Up "Bones" — Self
31. Bones: Urban Gothic (2002) — Self