
Person
Tom DiCillo
Directing · Born 1953-08-14 · Lejeune Base Camp, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Tom DiCillo is an American director, cinematographer, writer and actor born in Camp Le Jeune, North Carolina, and who studied film at New York University. During his early career he began working with director Jim Jarmusch as a cinematographer on films that include Permanent Vacation and Stranger Than Paradise. His experience as cinematographer proved invaluable and he was soon writing and directing his own films.
Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director

Chicago Fire
Director

The Good Wife
Director

Monk
Director

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Director

Law & Order: LA
Director

Flaked
Director

Lights Out
Director

Stranger Than Paradise
Airline Agent

The Real Blonde
Director
Filmography
- 2025Nova '78Cinematography
- 2017Uncle HowardSelf
- 2016FlakedDirector
- 2014Down in ShadowlandDirector
- 2012Chicago FireDirector
- 2012Kingdom ComeSelf
- 2011Lights OutDirector
- 2010Law & Order: LADirector
- 2010When You're StrangeDirector
- 2009The Good WifeDirector
- 2007DeliriousWriter
- 2004Coffee and CigarettesDirector of Photography
- 2002MonkDirector
- 2001Double WhammyDirector
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentDirector
- 2001Some Days in January, 1984
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDirector
- 1998The Real BlondeDirector
- 1998Independent's DaySelf
- 1996Box of MoonlightWriter
- 1995Living in OblivionDirector
- 1995At SundanceSelf
- 1991Johnny SuedeDirector
- 1990End of the NightDirector of Photography
- 1988The BeatDirector of Photography
- 1987Robert Wilson and the Civil WarsCinematography
- 1987Coffee and CigarettesCinematography
- 1987Robinson's GardenDirector of Photography
- 1985Chain LettersBob
- 1985VarietyDirector of Photography
- 1984Stranger Than ParadiseAirline Agent
- 1984Kino '84: The Making of Jim JarmuschInterviewee
- 1984Burroughs: The MovieDirector of Photography
- 1984Give me a spell
- 1981Permanent VacationCinematography
- 1980Underground U.S.A.Cinematography
- 1977God Save the KingDirector
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