Ernest Roscoe Dickerson was born on June 25,1951 and is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos.
16 Facts About Ernest Dickerson
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Ernest Dickerson has directed several episodes of acclaimed television series, including Once Upon a Time, The Wire, Dexter, The Walking Dead, and Godfather of Harlem.
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Ernest Dickerson studied architecture at Howard University, but took a film class with Haile Gerima as he already was interested in movies.
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Ernest Dickerson 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.
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Ernest Dickerson continued his collaboration with Lee on five more films, including Do the Right Thing.
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Ernest Dickerson worked as a 2nd unit director on Lee's Miracle at St Anna.
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For television, Ernest Dickerson has directed several episodes of acclaimed shows such as Once Upon a Time, Dexter, The Walking Dead and Treme.
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Ernest Dickerson has always wanted to make films, and being a director himself has always been a dream of his.
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Ernest Dickerson joined the crew of the HBO drama The Wire as a director for the series' second season in 2003.
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Reviewers drew comparisons between Spike Lee's films and The Wire even before Ernest Dickerson joined the crew.
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Ernest Dickerson directed the episode "Hamsterdam" and the season finale "Mission Accomplished".
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The fourth season received a second AFI Award and Ernest Dickerson attended the ceremony to collect the award.
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Showrunner David Simon has said that Ernest Dickerson is the show's directorial work horse and that he knows the show as well as the producers; Simon has praised Ernest Dickerson's directing saying that he "delivers each time".
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Ernest Dickerson returned as a director for the series' fifth and final season in 2008 and helmed the episode "Unconfirmed Reports".
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Ernest Dickerson worked with Executive Producer and writer Eric Overmyer on both The Wire and Treme.
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Ernest Dickerson directed the episode "Fugazi" for Overmyer's series Bosch in 2014.