Thomas Carter
Known for directing · Born 17 July 1953 · 73 · Austin, Texas, USA
69 credits
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
Coach Carter
2005
The Strain
2014
American Gods
2017
SEAL Team
2017
Project Blue Book
2019
Save the Last Dance
2001
The Resident
2018
New Amsterdam
2018
The Morning Show
2019
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
Bosch
2015
Colony
2016
Acting (12)
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
1981Hill Street BluesSeries
1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?Orderly JohnFilm
1981Full Moon HighHigh School StudentFilm
1978The White ShadowJames HaywardSeries
1978Almost SummerDean HamptonFilm
1977Szysznyk · 15 episodesSeries
1976What's Happening!!BobbySeries
1976The Monkey HustlePlayerFilm
1975IsisFabianSeries
1974Good TimesSeries
1972M*A*S*HSeries
Camera (1)
2001UC: UndercoverDirector of PhotographyFilm
Directing (52)
2019Project Blue BookDirectorSeries
2019The Morning ShowDirectorSeries
2018The ResidentDirectorSeries
2018New AmsterdamDirectorSeries
2018GoneDirectorSeries
2018Five PointsDirectorSeries
2017American GodsDirectorSeries
2017SEAL TeamDirectorSeries
2016ColonyDirectorSeries
2016Animal KingdomDirectorSeries
2016Shades of BlueDirectorSeries
2016RootsDirectorSeries
2016IceDirectorSeries
2015BoschDirectorSeries
2014The StrainDirectorSeries
2014When the Game Stands TallDirectorFilm
2012NashvilleDirectorSeries
2009Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson StoryDirectorFilm
2007DamagesDirectorSeries
2006BrotherhoodDirectorSeries
2005Coach CarterDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
2005Coach Carter The Man Behind the MovieDirectorFilm
2005HitchedDirectorFilm
2002HackDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
2001Save the Last DanceDirectorFilm
2001UC: UndercoverDirectorSeries
1997MetroDirectorFilm
1997Michael HayesDirectorSeries
1995DivasDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerFilm
1995Under One RoofDirector, ProducerSeries
1993Swing KidsDirectorFilm
1990Equal JusticeDirector, CreatorSeries
1988Midnight CallerDirectorSeries
1987A Year in the LifeDirectorSeries
1986Under the InfluenceDirectorFilm
1986A Year in the LifeDirectorSeries
1986Heart of the CityDirectorSeries
1985Amazing StoriesDirectorSeries
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDirectorSeries
1984Miami ViceDirectorSeries
1984Miami Vice: Brother's KeeperDirectorFilm
1984Call to GloryDirectorSeries
1984Call to GloryDirectorFilm
1983Bay City BluesDirectorSeries
1983Trauma CenterDirectorSeries
1982Remington SteeleDirectorSeries
1982St. ElsewhereDirectorSeries
1982FameDirectorSeries
1981Hill Street BluesDirectorSeries
1981Bret MaverickDirectorSeries
1978The White ShadowDirectorSeries
—Company TownDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
Production (3)
1997Don King: Only in AmericaExecutive ProducerFilm
1997Five Desperate HoursExecutive ProducerFilm
1996The UninvitedExecutive ProducerFilm
Visual Effects (1)
2021The Color of YouAnimationFilm