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Each year, the School of Media Studies invites a distinguished film and media artist as the Hirshon Artist-In-Residence to lead master classes and screenings. For Spring 2025, under the theme "Writing with The Camera," we welcome renowned filmmaker and cinematographer Ernest Dickerson.
Known for his work on Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, and Juice, Dickerson’s visionary storytelling blends bold narratives with striking visuals. As both a director and cinematographer, he has shaped the look of iconic films and TV series like The Wire and Dexter.
Exploring the power of visual storytelling, Dickerson’s residency will highlight how cinematography and direction function as forms of authorship. With his ability to balance bold narratives with striking visuals, he has left an indelible mark on both film and television.
Through master classes and a public screening moderated by Vladan Nikolic, Dickerson will share insights into his craft and legacy.
A reception will follow the discussion.
Presented by the School of Media Studies at the Schools of Public Engagement.
An Emmy, Peabody, and two-time Image Award-winning film and television veteran whose signature brand of visual storytelling has been entertaining movie and TV fans for more than thirty years. Dickerson’s extensive work on the silver screen and on television has successfully solidified him as one of Hollywood's top creative talents.
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Dickerson earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University, after which he attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where Dickerson met filmmaker Spike Lee. The first film he photographed was Brother From Another Planet, then ultimately collaborated with Lee as Director of Photography on such classics as She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, and Malcolm X.
Dickerson’s 1992 feature directorial debut, which he also co-wrote, was JUICE, an urban drama whose social and cultural resonance continues to this day, and which launched the film careers of Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps. JUICE gave way to other big-screen credits, such as Surviving the Game, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Bones, and Never Die Alone. Dickerson’s independent feature, Double Play, is based on the internationally acclaimed Frank Martinus Arion novel and was filmed on the island of Curaçao.
His work as a visionary filmmaker and storyteller has been showcased in some of the top television shows of the past decade, including hit series like The Wire, The Walking Dead, Treme, Dexter, Bosch and Bosch: Legacy, The Man in the High Castle, House of Cards, Seven Seconds, the second season premiere of HBO's Raised by Wolves, and FX’s hit series Godfather of Harlem, among many others. Along with directing, Dickerson has served as Executive Producer on DMZ and Interrogation. Some of Dickerson’s most recent television credits include NBC's The Irrational.
Dickerson, who is a long-standing member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
The Dorothy Hirshon Director-in-Residence program was established by the late New School Trustee Dorothy Hirshon, to honor and promote excellence and education of the filmmaking arts at The New School. Previous Hirshon Artists-in-Residence have included Christine Vachon, Mary Harron, Raoul Peck, Sean Baker, Laurie Anderson, John Cameron Mitchell, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, Benh Zeitlin, Ramin Bahrani, and John Waters.
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