Acting credits
8
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Tom DiCillo
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 28Series: 5Crew credits: 26
TMDB ID: 6400
IMDb ID: nm0001139
Known for: Directing
Born: August 14, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: Lejeune Base Camp, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1977 - 2025
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q784641
Also known as
Thomas DiCillo • Tom Dicillo
Other jobs
Director (13)Director of Photography (7)Cinematography (5)Writer (1)
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.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tom DiCillo.
Nova '78
Cinematography
2025 Movie
6.5
Uncle Howard
as Self
2017 Movie
7.8
Down in Shadowland
Director
2014 Movie
6.2
Kingdom Come
as Self
2012 Movie
7.3
When You're Strange
Director
2010 Movie
6.3
Delirious
Director
2007 Movie
6.9
Coffee and Cigarettes
Director of Photography
2004 Movie
5.4
Double Whammy
Director
2001 Movie
Some Days in January, 1984
2001 Movie
5.4
The Real Blonde
Director
1998 Movie
5.0
Independent's Day
as Self
1998 Movie
6.7
Box of Moonlight
Writer
1996 Movie
7.2
Living in Oblivion
Director
1995 Movie
5.5
At Sundance
as Self
1995 Movie
5.1
Johnny Suede
Director
1991 Movie
End of the Night
Director of Photography
1990 Movie
6.0
The Beat
Director of Photography
1988 Movie
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Cinematography
1987 Movie
6.4
Robinson's Garden
Director of Photography
1987 Movie
7.0
Coffee and Cigarettes
Cinematography
1986 Movie
5.4
Chain Letters
as Bob
1985 Movie
5.3
Variety
Director of Photography
1985 Movie
7.1
Stranger Than Paradise
as Airline Agent
1984 Movie
6.5
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
as Interviewee
1984 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom DiCillo.
