1984Nominee
Best Performance
Stranger Than Paradise
Tom DiCillo
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Lejeune Base Camp, North Carolina, USA
August 14, 1953
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2004Nominee
Best Director
Coffee and Cigarettes
2007Nominee
Best Writing
Delirious
Career Highlights
2026Highlight
Best Performance
Nova '78
2001Highlight
Best Director
Double Whammy
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Stranger Than Paradise
Coffee and Cigarettes
Delirious