Ernest Dickerson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ernest Dickerson
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Jun 25, 1951(1951-06-25)
Age	73
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Gemini

Ernest Dickerson Biography

Ernest Dickerson is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on June 25, 1951 in New Jersey, United States. The director of Never Die Alone starring DMX the film, which was adapted from a book written by Donald Goines.

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Dickerson was born in Newark, New Jersey. He studied architecture at Howard University, but also took a film class with Haile Gerima as he already was interested in movies. He later relocated to New York City to attend New York University’s film program at the Tisch School of the Arts, where he met fellow student Spike Lee. His first feature film as director of photography was also Lee’s first film, Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), filmed while both of them were still students. Lee kept Dickerson in mind and he returned to work on a few more films as Spike Lee’s cinematographer.

After graduating, Dickerson began his career as cinematographer on music videos for Bruce Springsteen, Anita Baker, and Miles Davis, and went on to film John Sayles’ Brother from Another Planet (1984), his first professional film as a director of photography.

There were five kids from his previous relationship.

Ernest Dickerson Net Worth

Ernest Dickerson is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ernest Dickerson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at New York University, where he was a film student within the Tisch School of the Arts.

He frequently worked alongside He often worked with Spike Lee, a former classmate of his., an old classmate of his.

Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) also known as Ernest R. Dickerson, Roscoe and Ernest Dickerson, is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos. As a cinematographer, he is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee since years back. As a director, he is known for action and horror films such as Juice, Demon Knight, Bulletproof, Bones and Never Die Alone. He has also directed several episodes of acclaimed television series such as Once Upon a Time, The Wire, Dexter, and The Walking Dead.

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Who is Ernest Dickerson Dating?

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While working on the first two seasons of George Romero’s television series Tales from the Darkside, Dickerson was a cameraman on John Jopson’s concert film One Night with Blue Note (1985) and was later contacted by Spike Lee, who had found the budget to shoot his movie She’s Gotta Have It (1986). Dickerson continued his collaboration with Lee on five more films, including Do the Right Thing (1989). Their last collaboration was on Malcolm X in 1992, the same year Dickerson made his directing debut with the crime drama Juice. He also worked as a 2nd unit director on Lee’s Miracle at St Anna (2008).

Facts & Trivia

Ernest Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ernest Dickerson celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.

What is Ernest Dickerson known for?

Ernest R. Dickerson, is an American film director and cinematographer. As a cinematographer, he is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. As a director, he is known for films such as Juice (1992), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Bones (2001) and Never Die Alone (2004).

How old is Ernest Dickerson?

71 years (June 25, 1951)

Do the Right thing cinematographer?

Ernest R. Dickerson

What was the first film to use a helicopter shot?

The first time a helicopter was used in a feature film production was in April 1945 in the film ‘ The Bandit of Sherwood Forest ‘ [d: George Sherman & Henry Levin; ph: Tony Gaudio, William Snyder & George B. Meehan Jr.].

Who wrote juice the movie?

Screenplay