Ernest R. Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson

Directing

Born June 25, 1951 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

70 films as director · Active 1984–2024

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…

Known for

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018

100 Years of Warner Bros.

100 Years of Warner Bros.

2023

Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

2024

Horror's Greatest

Horror's Greatest

2024

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

2022

That Guy Dick Miller

That Guy Dick Miller

2014

Bones: Urban Gothic

Bones: Urban Gothic

2002

She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It

1986

Directed(70)

Double Play

2017Double Play★ 3.5

Last Man Standing

2011Last Man Standing★ 4.5

Something with Bite

2009Something with Bite

For One Night

2006For One Night★ 7.6

The V Word

2006The V Word★ 5.0

Never Die Alone

2004Never Die Alone★ 5.5

Good Fences

2003Good Fences★ 5.9

Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie

2002Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie★ 5.4

Monday Night Mayhem

2002Monday Night Mayhem★ 6.0

Our America

2002Our America★ 8.0

Bones

2001Bones★ 4.9

Futuresport

1999Futuresport★ 4.3

Strange Justice

1999Strange Justice★ 7.0

Ambushed

1998Ambushed★ 5.1

Blind Faith

1998Blind Faith★ 6.2

Bulletproof

1996Bulletproof★ 5.7

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight★ 6.9

Surviving the Game

1994Surviving the Game★ 6.1

Juice

1992Juice★ 7.2

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

1990Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella★ 10.0

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

—Morris Stokes

—Black Diamond

Acting(31)

2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999Self

2025Den of Vampires

2024Horror's GreatestSelf - Director, Demon Knight

2024Hollywood BlackSelf

2023Love and HateSelf

2023100 Years of Warner Bros.Self

2023Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf

2022The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All TimeSelf

2020Tales of the UncannySelf

2020The Horror CrowdSelf

2019Horror Noire: A History of Black HorrorSelf

2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf

2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Self

2014That Guy Dick MillerSelf

2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!Self

2010One Night in VegasSelf

2009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years LaterSelf

2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'Self

2007View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'Self

2007The Visions of Stanley KubrickSelf

2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilSelf

2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self

2006Hitchcocked!Self

2005Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed CinemaSelf

2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Self

2002Bones: Urban GothicSelf

1992Visions of LightSelf

1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'Self

1986She's Gotta Have ItDog 8

Revisiting The Learning Tree

Diggin’ Up "Bones"Self

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