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Tom DiCillo

Directing Born Aug 14, 1953 Lejeune Base Camp, North Carolina, USA 9 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Stranger Than Paradise

as Airline Agent

Full filmography

  • Stranger Than Paradise (1984) as Airline Agent
  • At Sundance (1995) as Self
  • Kingdom Come (2012) as Self
  • Uncle Howard (2017) as Self
  • Independent's Day (1998) as Self
  • Chain Letters (1985) as Bob
  • Some Days in January, 1984 (2001)
  • Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch (1984) as Interviewee
  • Give me a spell (1984)