Cast & creator
Tom DiCillo
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Chicago Fire
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.
Also known as: Thomas DiCillo, Tom Dicillo
44
film credits
8
television credits
9
1977–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
Showing 52 of 52 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Director
2001
Chicago Fire
Director
2012
The Good Wife
Director
2009
Monk
Director
2002
Law & Order: LA
Director
2010
Flaked
Director
2016
Lights Out
Director
2011
Coffee and Cigarettes
Director of Photography
2004
Stranger Than Paradise
Airline Agent
1984Stranger Than Paradise
Director of Photography
1984
When You're Strange
Director
2010When You're Strange
Additional Music
2010When You're Strange
Producer
2010When You're Strange
Writer
2010
Delirious
Writer
2007Delirious
Director
2007
Living in Oblivion
Director
1995Living in Oblivion
Writer
1995
Double Whammy
Director
2001Double Whammy
Writer
2001
The Real Blonde
Director
1998The Real Blonde
Writer
1998
Nova '78
Director of Photography
2026
Box of Moonlight
Writer
1996Box of Moonlight
Director
1996
Permanent Vacation
Cinematography
1981
Johnny Suede
Director
1991Johnny Suede
Writer
1991
Uncle Howard
Self
2017
Independent's Day
Self
1998
End of the Night
Director of Photography
1990
Burroughs: The Movie
Director of Photography
1984
Underground U.S.A.
Cinematography
1980
Kingdom Come
Self
2012
At Sundance
Self
1995
Variety
Director of Photography
1985
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Cinematography
1987
The Beat
Director of Photography
1988
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
Coffee and Cigarettes
Cinematography
1987
Robinson's Garden
Director of Photography
1987
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
Interviewee
1984
God Save the King
Director
1977God Save the King
Writer
1977God Save the King
Editor
1977
Down in Shadowland
Director
2014Down in Shadowland
Director of Photography
2014Down in Shadowland
Editor
2014Down in Shadowland
Writer
2014
Chain Letters
Bob
1985