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Portrait of Tom DiCillo

Directing

Tom DiCillo

Career

Active from 1977 to 2026, busiest in 1984 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Good Wife
The Good Wife
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tom DiCillo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 5
  • Quirky 3
  • Deadpan Humor 2
  • Indie Film 2
  • Cringe Humor 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Dark Comedy 2
  • Gritty Urban Realism 2
  • Ensemble Cast Dynamics 2
  • Showbiz Satire 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Procedural Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 69
Nova '78
Nova '78 (2026)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

2010s

2 titles · average score 67
Down in Shadowland
Down in Shadowland (2014)

Director, Editor

When You're Strange
When You're Strange (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

2000s

3 titles · average score 54
Delirious
Delirious (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Double Whammy
Double Whammy (2001)
GoodWatch score 38

Director, Writer

1990s

5 titles · average score 56
The Real Blonde
The Real Blonde (1998)
GoodWatch score 39

Writer, Director

Box of Moonlight
Box of Moonlight (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

Living in Oblivion
Living in Oblivion (1995)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Writer

Johnny Suede
Johnny Suede (1991)
GoodWatch score 39

Director, Writer

End of the Night
End of the Night (1990)

Director of Photography

1980s

11 titles · average score 67
The Beat
The Beat (1988)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Robinson's Garden
Robinson's Garden (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

Cinematography

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987)

Cinematography

Variety
Variety (1985)
GoodWatch score 46

Director of Photography

Chain Letters
Chain Letters (1985)

as Bob

Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
GoodWatch score 84

as Airline Agent

Burroughs: The Movie
Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch (1984)

as Interviewee

Permanent Vacation
Permanent Vacation (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

Cinematography

Underground U.S.A.
Underground U.S.A. (1980)

Cinematography

1970s

1 title
God Save the King
God Save the King (1977)

Director, Editor