
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.
movieNova '78
2025 · Cinematography
movieUncle Howard
2017 · Self
tvFlaked
2016 · Director
movieDown in Shadowland
2014 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
tvChicago Fire
2012 · Director
movieKingdom Come
2012 · Self
tvLights Out
2011 · Director
tvLaw & Order: LA
2010 · Director
movieWhen You're Strange
2010 · Director, Producer, Additional Music, Writer
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Director
movieDelirious
2007 · Writer, Director
movieCoffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Director of Photography
tvMonk
2002 · Director
movieDouble Whammy
2001 · Director, Writer
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Director
movieSome Days in January, 1984
2001
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Director
movieThe Real Blonde
1998 · Director, Writer
movieIndependent's Day
1998 · Self
movieBox of Moonlight
1996 · Director, Writer
movieLiving in Oblivion
1995 · Director, Writer
movieAt Sundance
1995 · Self
movieJohnny Suede
1991 · Director, Writer
movieEnd of the Night
1990 · Director of Photography
movieThe Beat
1988 · Director of Photography
movieRobert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987 · Cinematography
movieCoffee and Cigarettes
1987 · Cinematography
movieRobinson's Garden
1987 · Director of Photography
movieChain Letters
1985 · Bob
movieVariety
1985 · Director of Photography
movieStranger Than Paradise
1984 · Airline Agent, Director of Photography
movieKino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
1984 · Interviewee
movieBurroughs: The Movie
1984 · Director of Photography
Give me a spell
1984
moviePermanent Vacation
1981 · Cinematography
movieUnderground U.S.A.
1980 · Cinematography
movieGod Save the King
1977 · Director, Writer, Editor