Directing
Thomas Carter
Born July 17, 1953 · Austin, Texas, USA
Biography
Thomas Carter (born July 17, 1953) is an American film and television director known for Swing Kids, Save the Last Dance with Julia Stiles, and Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson. As an actor, Carter is probably best known for his work on the television series The White Shadow, playing James "Hollywood" Hayward, a high school basketball star with a high IQ for justice.
Known for
7.6 TMDB
Coach Carter
Director, Executive Producer
7.5 TMDB
The Strain
Director
7.1 TMDB
American Gods
Director
8.0 TMDB
SEAL Team
Director
6.6 TMDB
Save the Last Dance
Director
8.4 TMDB
The Resident
Director
8.1 TMDB
Project Blue Book
Director
8.3 TMDB
New Amsterdam
Director
7.7 TMDB
The Morning Show
Director
7.9 TMDB
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Director
7.9 TMDB
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
7.9 TMDB
Bosch
Director
6.9 TMDB
Colony
Director
5.7 TMDB
Metro
Director
7.8 TMDB
Animal Kingdom
Director
7.6
Miami Vice
Director
6.7 TMDB
When the Game Stands Tall
Director
7.2 TMDB
Shades of Blue
Director
6.7 TMDB
Swing Kids
Director
6.6 TMDB
Nashville
Director
Filmography
- 2021The Color of YouAnimationMovie
- 2019The Morning ShowDirectorSeries
- 2019Project Blue BookDirectorSeries
- 2018New AmsterdamDirectorSeries
- 2018Five PointsDirectorSeries
- 2018GoneDirectorSeries
- 2018The ResidentDirectorSeries
- 2017SEAL TeamDirectorSeries
- 2017American GodsDirectorSeries
- 2016IceDirectorSeries
- 2016Animal KingdomDirectorSeries
- 2016RootsDirectorSeries
- 2016ColonyDirectorSeries
- 2016Shades of BlueDirectorSeries
- 2015BoschDirectorSeries
- 2014When the Game Stands TallDirectorMovie
- 2014The StrainDirectorSeries
- 2012NashvilleDirectorSeries
- 2009Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson StoryDirectorMovie
- 2007DamagesDirectorSeries
- 2006BrotherhoodDirectorSeries
- 2005HitchedDirectorMovie
- 2005Coach Carter The Man Behind the MovieDirectorMovie
- 2005Coach CarterDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2002HackDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
- 2001UC: UndercoverDirectorSeries
- 2001UC: UndercoverDirector of PhotographyMovie
- 2001Save the Last DanceDirectorMovie
- 1997Don King: Only in AmericaExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1997Five Desperate HoursExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1997Michael HayesDirectorSeries
- 1997MetroDirectorMovie
- 1996The UninvitedExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
- 1995DivasDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1995Under One RoofDirector, ProducerSeries
- 1993Swing KidsDirectorMovie
- 1990Equal JusticeDirector, CreatorSeries
- 1988Midnight CallerDirectorSeries
- 1987A Year in the LifeDirectorSeries
- 1986A Year in the LifeDirectorSeries
- 1986Under the InfluenceDirectorMovie
- 1986Heart of the CityDirectorSeries
- 1985Amazing StoriesDirectorSeries
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDirectorSeries
- 1984Miami ViceDirectorSeries
- 1984Miami Vice: Brother's KeeperDirectorMovie
- 1984Call to GloryDirectorSeries
- 1984Call to GloryDirectorMovie
- 1983Bay City BluesDirectorSeries
- 1983Trauma CenterDirectorSeries
- 1982St. ElsewhereDirectorSeries
- 1982Remington SteeleDirectorSeries
- 1982FameDirectorSeries
- 1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?Orderly JohnMovie
- 1981Bret MaverickDirectorSeries
- 1981Full Moon HighHigh School StudentMovie
- 1981Hill Street BluesSeries
- 1978The White ShadowJames Hayward, DirectorSeries
- 1978Almost SummerDean HamptonMovie
- 1977SzysznykSeries
- 1976The Monkey HustlePlayerMovie
- 1976What's Happening!!BobbySeries
- 1975IsisFabianSeries
- 1974Good TimesSeries
- 1972M*A*S*HSeries
- —Company TownDirector, Executive ProducerSeries