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Ernest Dickerson

Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos.

As a cinematographer, Dickerson is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ever since they were classmates at the Tisch School of the Arts and worked together on Lee's 1983 master's degree thesis student film, ''Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads'', which ultimately won a Student Academy Award. Dickerson went on to shoot the Lee-directed films ''She's Gotta Have It'' (1986), ''School Daze'' (1988), ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), ''Mo' Better Blues'' (1990), ''Jungle Fever'' (1991), and ''Malcolm X'' (1992).

As a director, Dickerson is known for crime thriller and horror films such as ''Juice'' (1992), ''Demon Knight'' (1995), ''Bulletproof'' (1996), ''Bones'' (2001) and ''Never Die Alone'' (2004). He has also directed several episodes of acclaimed television series, including ''Once Upon a Time'', ''The Wire'', ''Dexter'', ''The Walking Dead'', and ''Godfather of Harlem''. Provided by Wikipedia