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.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order
2009
Criminal Minds
2005
CSI: Miami
2006
Dexter
2008
The Vampire Diaries
2009
The Walking Dead
2010
ER
2005
Heroes
2006
Once Upon a Time
2014
Medium
2009
Bosch
2015
Crossing Jordan
2005

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
31
Directing
73
Writing
3
Producing
1
Camera
27
2025
Den of Vampires
2025
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
as Self
2024
Horror's Greatest
as Self - Director, Demon Knight
2024
Hollywood Black
as Self
2023
Love and Hate
as Self
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self
2022
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self
2020
The Horror Crowd
as Self
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
2019
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self
2014
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2010
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
2006
Hitchcocked!
as Self
2005
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self
2002
Bones: Urban Gothic
as Self
1992
Visions of Light
as Self
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
1986
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 8
Revisiting The Learning Tree
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
as Self