Billy Dickson is an American
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...
and
television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...
.
As a cinematographer he is best known for his work on the television series ''
Ally McBeal
''Ally McBeal'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley that originally aired on Fox from September 8, 1997, to May 20, 2002. It revolves around Calista Flockhart in the title role as a lawyer working ...
'', for which he was nominated for two
Primetime Emmy Award
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s for
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series in 2001 and 2002. He was also a cinematographer for numerous television films and photographed the television series ''
The Big Easy'', ''
Hidden Hills
''Hidden Hills'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2002, to January 21, 2003, during the 2002 fall line-up. Based on the book ''Surviving Suburbia'', the series was created by Peter Segal and Ric Sw ...
'' and ''
12 Miles of Bad Road''.
As a television director, he directed episodes of ''Ally McBeal'', ''
One Tree Hill'' and the reality series ''
Majors & Minors''.
In 2008, Dickson created the internet television series ''IQ-145'', starring
Thomas Dekker and
Lindsey McKeon. Dickson also directed, edited, photographed and wrote all the episodes for the series.
Billy was Writer/Director/DP/Executive Producer on the 2016 Christian Film of the Year ''
Believe'', distributed by Smith Global Media and Sony Home Entertainment.
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American cinematographers
American television directors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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