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 is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. He has directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural stories like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He also directed several episodes of acclaimed shows s... More

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 is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. He has directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural stories like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He also directed several episodes of acclaimed shows such as The Wire, Dexter and The Walking Dead. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Dickerson first attended Howard University where he studied architecture, before relocating to New York to attend New York University's film program at the Tisch School of the Arts, where he would meet fellow student Spike Lee. His first feature film as Director of Photography was also Spike Lee's first film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), filmed while both of them were still students. After graduating Dickerson began his career as cinematographer on...

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