Ernest Dickerson
| Ernest Roscoe Dickerson | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 25, 1951 Newark, New Jersey |
| Other names | Ernest R. Dickerson, Ernest Dickerson |
| Occupation | Director and cinematographer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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 has directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural stories like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Dickerson attended Howard University and New York University Graduate School of Film.
[edit] Career
He began his career as cinematographer on music videos for Bruce Springsteen, Anita Baker, and Miles Davis. His first feature film as Director of Photography was also Spike Lee's first film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983) and he went on to film John Sayles' Brother from Another Planet (1984) and John Jopson's One Night with Blue Note (1985). He continued his collaboration with Spike Lee on five more films, including She's Gotta Have It (1986) and Do the Right Thing (1989). Their last collaboration was on Malcolm X in 1992, the same year Dickerson made his directing debut with Juice. He worked as a 2nd unit director on Lee's Miracle at St Anna.
For television, Dickerson as directed several episodes of acclaimed shows such as Dexter, The Walking Dead and Treme. He has also worked with Mick Garris on both Masters of Horror and Fear Itself.
[edit] The Wire
Dickerson joined the crew of HBO drama The Wire as a director for the series second season in 2003.[1] He directed the episode "Bad Dreams."[2][3] Reviewers drew comparisons between Spike Lee's films and The Wire even before Dickerson joined the crew.[4] "Bad Dreams" was submitted to the American Film Institute for consideration in their TV programs of the year award and the show subsequently won the award.[5] Following this success Dickerson returned as a director for the third season in 2004.[6] He directed the episode "Hamsterdam"[7][8] and the season finale "Mission Accomplished."[9][10] In 2006 he contributed a further two episodes to the show's fourth season;[11] "Misgivings"[12][13] and the season finale "Final Grades."[14][15] The fourth season received a second AFI Award and Dickerson attended the ceremony to collect the award.[16] Show runner David Simon has said that Dickerson is the show's directorial work horse and that he knows the show as well as the producers; Simon has praised Dickerson's directing saying that he "delivers each time."[17] Dickerson returned as a director for the series fifth and final season in 2008 and helmed the episode "Unconfirmed Reports."[18][19]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television
Director
| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dexter | 6 | "Sin of Omission" | 8 | 20 November 2011 |
| "Talk to the Hand" | 11 | 11 December 2011 | |||
| The Walking Dead | 2 | "What Lies Ahead" (with Gwyneth Horder-Payton)[20] | 1 | 16 October 2011 | |
| "Bloodletting" | 2 | 23 October 2011 | |||
| Treme | 2 | "Do Watcha Wanna"[21] | 11 | 3 July 2011 | |
| "Can I Change My Mind?" | 8 | 12 June 2011 | |||
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | 1 | "Wildfire"[22] | 5 | 28 November 2010 |
| Treme | 1 | "Right Place, Wrong Time" | 3 | 25 April 2010 | |
| 2009 | Dexter | 4 | "Road Kill" | 8 | 15 November 2009 |
| Stargate Universe | 1 | "Earth" | 7 | 6 November 2009 | |
| The Vampire Diaries | 1 | "Haunted" | 7 | 29 October 2009 | |
| Lincoln Heights | 4 | "Relative Unknown" | 7 | 26 October 2009 | |
| "Trash" | 5 | 12 October 2009 | |||
| Burn Notice | 3 | "Shot in the Dark" | 7 | 23 July 2009 | |
| In Plain Sight | 2 | "A Frond in Need" | 8 | 14 June 2009 | |
| Law & Order | 19 | "Exchange" | 20 | 13 May 2009 | |
| Medium | 5 | "Truth Be Told" | 8 | 30 March 2009 | |
| Burn Notice | 2 | "Truth and Reconciliation" | 14 | 19 February 2009 | |
| Fear Itself | 1 | "Something With Bite" | 9 | 3 January 2009 | |
| 2008 | Dexter | 3 | "Sì Se Puede" | 6 | 2 November 2008 |
| Lincoln Heights | 3 | "The Day Before Tomorrow" | 4 | 7 October 2008 | |
| Eureka | 3 | "Show Me the Mummy" | 5 | 26 August 2008 | |
| The Wire | 5 | "Unconfirmed Reports"[18][19] | 2 | 13 January 2008 | |
| 2007 | Lincoln Heights | 2 | "No Way Back" | 7 | 16 October 2007 |
| Weeds | 3 | "The Dark Time" | 12 | 29 October 2007 | |
| "Release the Hounds" | 9 | 8 October 2007 | |||
| Tell Me You Love Me | 1 | "Episode 1.6" | 6 | 14 October 2007 | |
| The 4400 | 4 | "The Wrath of Graham" | 1 | 17 June 2007 | |
| 2006 | The Wire | 4 | "Final Grades"[14][15] | 13 | 10 December 2006 Season finale |
| "Misgivings"[12][13] | 10 | 19 November 2006 | |||
| ER | 13 | "Reason to Believe" | 8 | 16 November 2006 | |
| Masters Of Horror | 2 | "The V Word" | 3 | 10 November 2006 | |
| Heroes | 1 | "Collision" | 4 | 16 October 2006 | |
| The Evidence | 1 | "And the Envelope Please" | 8 | 1 July 2006 | |
| For One Night | 6 February 2006 Television feature |
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| CSI: Miami | 4 | "Silencer" | 13 | 23 January 2006 | |
| 2005 | Invasion | 1 | "The Cradle" | 8 | 16 November 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | 1 | "L.D.S.K." | 6 | 2 November 2005 | |
| Crossing Jordan | 5 | "Total Recall" | 6 | 30 October 2005 | |
| ER | 11 | "You Are Here" | 20 | 5 May 2005 | |
| The L Word | 2 | "Luminous" | 7 | 3 April 2005 | |
| Miracle's Boys | 1 | "In the Game of Life" | 2 | 19 February 2005 Mini-series |
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| ER | 11 | "Middleman" | 13 | 3 February 2005 | |
| 2004 | The Wire | 3 | "Mission Accomplished"[9][10] | 12 | 19 December 2004 Season finale |
| "Hamsterdam"[7][8] | 4 | 10 October 2004 | |||
| Good Fences | 29 October 2004 Television feature |
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| Third Watch | 6 | "Greatest Detectives in the World" | 6 | 29 October 2004 | |
| 2003 | The Wire | 2 | "Bad Dreams"[2][3] | 11 | 17 August 3003 |
| 2002 | Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie | 31 March 2002 Television feature |
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| Monday Night Mayhem | 14 January 2002 Television feature |
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| Our America | 13 January 2002 Television feature |
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| 2001 | Night Visions | 1 | "Still Life" | 18 | 30 August 2001 |
| "My So-Called Life and Death" | 16 | 23 August 2001 | |||
| 1999 | Strange Justice | 29 August 1999 Television feature |
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| 1998 | Futuresport | 1 October 1998 Television feature |
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| 1990 | Great Performances | 19 | "Spike & Co.: Do It Acapella" | 1 | 10 May 1990 |
Cinematographer
- Our America (2002)
- Law & Order (1990)
- Tales from the Darkside (1984)
[edit] Film
Director
- Never Die Alone (2004)
- Bones (2001)
- Blind Faith (1998)
- Ambushed (1998)
- Bulletproof (1996)
- Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight (1995)
- Surviving the Game (1994)
- Juice (1992)
Cinematographer
- Malcolm X (1992)
- Cousin Bobby (1992)
- Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1991)
- Jungle Fever (1991)
- Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor (1990)
- Mo' Better Blues (1990)
- Def by Temptation (1990)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Fright House (1989)
- School Daze (1988)
- The Laser Man (1988)
- Negatives (1988)
- Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
- Enemy Territory (1987)
- Almacita di desolato (1986)
- She's Gotta Have It (1986)
- Krush Groove (1985)
- One Night with Blue Note (1985)
- Desiree (1984)
- The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
- Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
[edit] References
- ^ "Season 2 crew". HBO. 2007. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/crew/season_2.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ a b "Bad Dreams". David Simon, George P. Pelecanos. The Wire. HBO. 2003-08-17. No. 11, season 2.
- ^ a b "Episode guide – episode 24 Bad Dreams". HBO. 2004. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season2/episode24.shtml. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
- ^ Jeff Shannon. "The Wire Complete First Season on DVD". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002ERXC2/102-0548796-0195351.
- ^ "AFI TV programs of the year – official selections (2003)". American Film Institute. 2003. http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards03/tvshows03.aspx. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "Season 3 crew". HBO. 2007. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/crew/season_3.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ a b "Hamsterdam". David Simon, George P. Pelecanos. The Wire. HBO. 2004-10-10. No. 4, season 3.
- ^ a b "Episode guide – episode 29 Hamsterdam". HBO. 2004. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season2/episode29.shtml. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
- ^ a b "Mission Accomplished". David Simon, Ed Burns. The Wire. HBO. 2004-12-19. No. 12, season 3.
- ^ a b "Episode guide – episode 37 Mission Accomplished". HBO. 2004. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season2/episode37.shtml. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
- ^ "Season 4 crew". HBO. 2007. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/crew/season_4.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ a b "Misgivings". Ed Burns, Eric Overmyer, Writ. Ed Burns, Eric Overmyer. The Wire. HBO. 2004-11-19. No. 10, season 4.
- ^ a b "Episode guide – episode 47 Misgivings". HBO. 2006. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode47.shtml. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ a b "Final Grades". Ernest Dickerson, Writ. David Simon (story and teleplay), Ed Burns (story). The Wire. HBO. 2004-12-10. No. 13, season 4.
- ^ a b "The Wire episode guide – episode 50 Final Grades". HBO. 2006. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode50.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "AFI Awards 2006 salutes film and television (2006)". American Film Institute. 2007. http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/awards06_release.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ Jim King (2003). "3rd Exclusive David Simon interview". The Wire at AOL. http://members.aol.com/TheWireHBO/exclusive4-5.html. Retrieved 2007-11-05. Page 5
- ^ a b "Unconfirmed Reports". Ernest Dickerson, Writ. William F. Zorzi (story and teleplay), David Simon (story). The Wire. HBO. 2008-01-13. No. 2, season 5.
- ^ a b "The Wire episode guide – episode 52 Uncomfirmed Reports". HBO. 2008. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season5/episode52.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ AMC. "The Walking Dead episode "What Lies Ahead" credits". http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead/episodes/season-2/what-lies-ahead. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ HBO. "Treme episode "Do Watcha Wanna" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/treme/episodes/2/21-do-watcha-wanna/synopsis.html. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ AMC. "The Walking Dead episode "Wildfire" details". http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead/episodes/season-1/wildfire. Retrieved february 3, 2012.
[edit] External links
- Ernest Dickerson at the Internet Movie Database.
- Ernest Dickerson interview about Mo' Better Blues.
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