
Ernest R. Dickerson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 25, 1951, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Movies
- 44
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.
Upcoming Ernest R. Dickerson Movies

Diggin’ Up "Bones"
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 | Self |
| 2025 | Den of Vampires | |
| 2023 | Love and Hate | Self |
| 2020 | Tales of the Uncanny | Self |
| 2020 | The Horror Crowd | Self |
| 2019 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Self |
| 2014 | That Guy Dick Miller | Self |
| 2011 | Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self |
| 2010 | One Night in Vegas | Self |
| 2009 | Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later | Self |
| 2007 | Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' | Self |
| 2007 | View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' | Self |
| 2007 | The Visions of Stanley Kubrick | Self |
| 2007 | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self |
| 2007 | Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 | Self |
| 2006 | Hitchcocked! | Self |
| 2005 | Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema | Self |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self |
| 2002 | Bones: Urban Gothic | Self |
| 1992 | Visions of Light | Self |
| 1989 | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self |
| 1986 | She's Gotta Have It | Dog 8 |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | V/H/S/Mixtape | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | Double Play | Director |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing | Director |
| 2009 | Something with Bite | Director |
| 2006 | The V Word | Director |
| 2006 | For One Night | Director |
| 2004 | Never Die Alone | Director |
| 2003 | Good Fences | Director |
| 2002 | Our America | Director |
| 2002 | Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie | Director |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Director |
| 2001 | Bones | Director |
| 1999 | Futuresport | Director |
| 1999 | Strange Justice | Director |
| 1998 | Blind Faith | Director |
| 1998 | Ambushed | Director |
| 1996 | Bulletproof | Director |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Director |
| 1994 | Surviving the Game | Director |
| 1992 | Juice | Screenplay, Director |
| 1990 | Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella | Director |
| 1990 | Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella | Director |
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