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Thomas Carter
Directing · Born 1953-07-17 · Austin, Texas, USA
Biography
Thomas Carter (born July 17, 1953) is an American film and television director known for Swing Kids, Save the Last Dance with Julia Stiles, and Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson. As an actor, Carter is probably best known for his work on the television series The White Shadow, playing James "Hollywood" Hayward, a high school basketball star with a high IQ for justice.
Known for

Animal Kingdom
Director

SEAL Team
Director

Bosch
Director

The Resident
Director

Miami Vice
Director

The Strain
Director

New Amsterdam
Director

M*A*S*H
1972

Damages
Director

St. Elsewhere
Director
Filmography
- 2021The Color of YouAnimation
- 2019The Morning ShowDirector
- 2019Project Blue BookDirector
- 2018New AmsterdamDirector
- 2018Five PointsDirector
- 2018GoneDirector
- 2018The ResidentDirector
- 2017SEAL TeamDirector
- 2017American GodsDirector
- 2016IceDirector
- 2016Animal KingdomDirector
- 2016RootsDirector
- 2016ColonyDirector
- 2016Shades of BlueDirector
- 2015BoschDirector
- 2014When the Game Stands TallDirector
- 2014The StrainDirector
- 2012NashvilleDirector
- 2009Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson StoryDirector
- 2007DamagesDirector
- 2006BrotherhoodDirector
- 2005HitchedDirector
- 2005Coach Carter The Man Behind the MovieDirector
- 2005Coach CarterExecutive Producer
- 2002HackDirector
- 2001UC: UndercoverDirector of Photography
- 2001UC: UndercoverDirector
- 2001Save the Last DanceDirector
- 1997Don King: Only in AmericaExecutive Producer
- 1997Five Desperate HoursExecutive Producer
- 1997Michael HayesDirector
- 1997MetroDirector
- 1996The UninvitedExecutive Producer
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1995DivasDirector
- 1995Under One RoofProducer
- 1993Swing KidsDirector
- 1990Equal JusticeDirector
- 1988Midnight CallerDirector
- 1987A Year in the LifeDirector
- 1986A Year in the LifeDirector
- 1986Under the InfluenceDirector
- 1986Heart of the CityDirector
- 1985Amazing StoriesDirector
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDirector
- 1984Miami Vice: Brother's KeeperDirector
- 1984Miami ViceDirector
- 1984Call to GloryDirector
- 1984Call to GloryDirector
- 1983Bay City BluesDirector
- 1983Trauma CenterDirector
- 1982St. ElsewhereDirector
- 1982Remington SteeleDirector
- 1982FameDirector
- 1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?Orderly John
- 1981Bret MaverickDirector
- 1981Full Moon HighHigh School Student
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1978The White ShadowJames Hayward
- 1978Almost SummerDean Hampton
- 1977Szysznyk
- 1976The Monkey HustlePlayer
- 1976What's Happening!!Bobby
- 1975IsisFabian
- 1974Good Times
- 1972M*A*S*H
- —Company TownDirector
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