Ernest R. Dickerson

Screenwriting

2 titles

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Movie2026

V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the volume on horror with a blood-soaked collection of cursed music videos, terrifying performances, and found footage. Press play. Pray it stops.

Juice

Movie1992

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

Cinematography

8 titles

Malcolm X

Movie1992

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Jungle Fever

Movie1991

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Def by Temptation

Movie1990

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural.

Mo' Better Blues

Movie1990

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Do the Right Thing

Movie1989

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

School Daze

Movie1988

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

Eddie Murphy Raw

Movie1987

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

She's Gotta Have It

Movie1986

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

Directing

7 titles

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Movie2026

V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the volume on horror with a blood-soaked collection of cursed music videos, terrifying performances, and found footage. Press play. Pray it stops.

Never Die Alone

Movie2004

A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

Bones

Movie2001

Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to avenge those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.

Bulletproof

Movie1996

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Movie1995

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.

Surviving the Game

Movie1994

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.

Juice

Movie1992

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

Miscellaneous Crew

15 titles

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Movie2026

V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the volume on horror with a blood-soaked collection of cursed music videos, terrifying performances, and found footage. Press play. Pray it stops.

Never Die Alone

Movie2004

A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

Bones

Movie2001

Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to avenge those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.

Bulletproof

Movie1996

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Movie1995

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.

Surviving the Game

Movie1994

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.

Juice

Movie1992

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

Malcolm X

Movie1992

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Jungle Fever

Movie1991

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Def by Temptation

Movie1990

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural.

Mo' Better Blues

Movie1990

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Do the Right Thing

Movie1989

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

School Daze

Movie1988

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

Eddie Murphy Raw

Movie1987

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

She's Gotta Have It

Movie1986

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

Ernest R. Dickerson

Ratings

Filmography

Screenwriting

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Juice

Cinematography

Malcolm X

Jungle Fever

Def by Temptation

Mo' Better Blues

Do the Right Thing

School Daze

Eddie Murphy Raw

She's Gotta Have It

Directing

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Never Die Alone

Bones

Bulletproof

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Surviving the Game

Juice

Miscellaneous Crew

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Never Die Alone

Bones

Bulletproof

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Surviving the Game

Juice

Malcolm X

Jungle Fever

Def by Temptation

Mo' Better Blues

Do the Right Thing

School Daze

Eddie Murphy Raw

She's Gotta Have It

Ernest R. Dickerson

Biography

Ratings

Filmography

Screenwriting

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Juice

Cinematography

Malcolm X

Jungle Fever

Def by Temptation

Mo' Better Blues

Do the Right Thing

School Daze

Eddie Murphy Raw

She's Gotta Have It

Directing

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Never Die Alone

Bones

Bulletproof

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Surviving the Game

Juice

Miscellaneous Crew

V/H/S/MIXTAPE

Never Die Alone

Bones

Bulletproof

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Surviving the Game

Juice

Malcolm X

Jungle Fever

Def by Temptation

Mo' Better Blues

Do the Right Thing

School Daze

Eddie Murphy Raw

She's Gotta Have It