ERNEST DICKERSON on WHY TV IS BETTER THAN MOVIES, Part A (MF Galaxy 012)

Film and television director Ernest Dickersoninitially achieved fame as a celebrated cinematographer, photographing feature films including The Brother from Another Planet, Krush Groove, She's Gotta Have It, Eddie Murphy: Raw, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, and Malcolm X. 

In 1992, Dickerson made the jump to directing his own feature films, including Juice , which he also wrote, and which launched the acting career of Tupac Shakur; Surviving the Game with Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, and F. Murray Abraham, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight with Jada Pinkett and Billy Zane, Bulletproofwith Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler, Bones, with Pam Grier and Snoop Dogg, and Never Die Alonewith DMX and David Arquette. 

In addition to having directed eleven episodes of the smash hit The Walking Dead, Dickerson has helmed episodes of Under the Dome , Revolution, Treme, Sleepy Hollow, Dexter, Low Winter Sun, Stargate Universe, The Vampire Diaries, Law & Order, Medium, The Wire, Weeds, ER, Heroes, The L Word, and Third Watch, among many others. 

In this, part one of our conversation, Dickerson discusses:

How Hollywood could be spending its money more wisely to innovate more profitablyWhy it’s easier than ever to make a feature filmHis top-secret new movie—his first since 2004’s Never Die AloneThe booming Caribbean filmmaking industryAge barriers in Hollywood directingHow to get ahead as a Hollywood director, andThe outrageous pretext that a director gave for racially profiling him out of a job.
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