
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.
🎬 Movies (29)

Nova '78
2025
Cinematography

Uncle Howard
2017
Self

Down in Shadowland
2014
Director

Kingdom Come
2012
Self

When You're Strange
2010
Director

Delirious
2007
Director

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Director of Photography

Some Days in January, 1984
2001

Double Whammy
2001
Director

Independent's Day
1998
Self

The Real Blonde
1998
Director

Box of Moonlight
1996
Director

At Sundance
1995
Self

Living in Oblivion
1995
Director

Johnny Suede
1991
Director

End of the Night
1990
Director of Photography

The Beat
1988
Director of Photography

Coffee and Cigarettes
1987
Cinematography

Robinson's Garden
1987
Director of Photography

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
Cinematography

Chain Letters
1985
Bob

Variety
1985
Director of Photography

Stranger Than Paradise
1984
Airline Agent

Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
1984
Interviewee
Give me a spell
1984

Burroughs: The Movie
1984
Director of Photography

Permanent Vacation
1981
Cinematography

Underground U.S.A.
1980
Cinematography

God Save the King
1977
Director







