Tom DiCillo

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

Stranger Than Paradise

Acting

1984

Stranger Than Paradise

as

Airline Agent

1985

Chain Letters

as

Bob

2012

Kingdom Come

as

Self

1998

Independent's Day

as

Self

1984

Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch

as

Interviewee

1995

At Sundance

as

Self

2017

Uncle Howard

as

Self

1984

Give me a spell

as

2001

Some Days in January, 1984

as

Production

2010

When You're Strange

as

Crew

1988

The Beat

as

2010

When You're Strange

as

1986

Coffee and Cigarettes

as

1981

Permanent Vacation

as

1980

Underground U.S.A.

as

1987

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

as

Directing

1996

Box of Moonlight

as

1995

Living in Oblivion

as

2007

Delirious

as

2001

Double Whammy

as

1998

The Real Blonde

as

1977

God Save the King

as

2010

When You're Strange

as

1991

Johnny Suede

as

2014

Down in Shadowland

as

The Good Wife

as

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as

Lights Out

as

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as

Chicago Fire

as