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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.
Filmography21 titles

Chicago Fire
2012Director
2012Director

Monk
2002Director
2002Director

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999Director
1999Director

Down in Shadowland
2014Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
2014Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

The Good Wife
2009Director
2009Director

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001Director
2001Director

When You're Strange
2009Additional Music, Director, Producer, Writer
2009Additional Music, Director, Producer, Writer

Living in Oblivion
1995Director, Writer
1995Director, Writer

Stranger Than Paradise
1984as Airline Agent
1984as Airline Agent

Lights Out
2011Director
2011Director

Burroughs: The Movie
1983Director of Photography
1983Director of Photography

Coffee and Cigarettes
2003Director of Photography
2003Director of Photography

Flaked
2016Director
2016Director

Law & Order: LA
2010Director
2010Director

Box of Moonlight
1996Director, Writer
1996Director, Writer

Delirious
2006Director, Writer
2006Director, Writer

The Beat
1988Director of Photography
1988Director of Photography

Permanent Vacation
1980Cinematography
1980Cinematography

Double Whammy
2001Director, Writer
2001Director, Writer

Variety
1985Director of Photography
1985Director of Photography

The Real Blonde
1997Director, Writer
1997Director, Writer