Thomas Carter

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Carter (film director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

The Color of You

Ash is stuck to a screen like the rest of society. But one day he notices Scarlett, a girl who doesn't seem to fit in with everybody else. Ash has to learn to step out of his comfort zone in his quest to find out who Scarlett really is.

Release Date:2021-11-03

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation

The Morning Show
7.8

The Morning Show

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.

Release Date:2019-11-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:745

Project Blue Book
8.1

Project Blue Book

A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book”.

Release Date:2019-01-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1067

New Amsterdam
8.4

New Amsterdam

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.

Release Date:2018-09-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1008

Five Points
8.0

Five Points

Five high school students from Chicago experience a life-changing event, told from different points of view. Each perspective is crucial to unveiling the truth.

Release Date:2018-06-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:20

Vote Count:8

The Resident
8.4

The Resident

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

Release Date:2018-01-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1233

Gone
7.1

Gone

The survivor of a famous child-abduction case joins a special task force dedicated to solving abductions and missing person cases.

Release Date:2017-11-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:32

SEAL Team
8.0

SEAL Team

Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.

Release Date:2017-09-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1527

American Gods
7.1

American Gods

An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.

Release Date:2017-04-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1623

Ice
6.5

Ice

A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.

Release Date:2016-11-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:22

Animal Kingdom
7.7

Animal Kingdom

17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

Release Date:2016-06-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:448

Roots
6.9

Roots

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

Release Date:2016-05-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:164

Colony
6.8

Colony

In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with the authorities and benefit from the new order, others have rebelled — and suffer the consequences.

Release Date:2016-01-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:592

Shades of Blue
7.3

Shades of Blue

Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But when she's trapped by the FBI and forced to inform on her own "brothers," she'll have to walk the fine line between love, loyalty, honor and betrayal, and try to keep it together for her daughter's future.

Release Date:2016-01-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:254

Bosch
7.9

Bosch

Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to remain loyal to his personal code: “Everybody counts or nobody counts.”

Release Date:2015-01-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:600

6.7

When the Game Stands Tall

A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

Release Date:2014-08-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:355

The Strain
7.5

The Strain

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

Release Date:2014-07-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1843

7.8

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.

Release Date:2009-02-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:701

Damages
7.5

Damages

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.

Release Date:2007-07-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:212

Brotherhood
6.9

Brotherhood

A working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers, Tommy, a rising politician desperate for reelection, and Michael, a hardened criminal returning from seven years on the run and eager to reclaim his turf, fight for survival on opposite sides of the law. In their ruthless quest for power, the entire Caffee family is driven to lies, betrayal and infidelity -- threatening to tear them and the city of Providence, RI apart.

Release Date:2006-07-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:49

Hitched

A Brother and sister run a fast-paced 24hr wedding chapel in Las Vegas. Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Michael and Leslie Bibb as Emily. Produced by Aaron Spelling.

Release Date:2005-07-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

8.0

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

The real life counter parts of the 1999 Richmond basketball team that were portrayed in the 2005 film of the same name. Discuss what there coach means to them.

Release Date:2005-06-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

7.6

Coach Carter

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

Release Date:2005-01-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2999

Hack
7.9

Hack

Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with corruption and now works as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Release Date:2002-09-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:8

UC: Undercover
6.3

UC: Undercover

UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department crime-fighting unit that confronts the country’s deadliest, most untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover to bust them. The series was broadcast from 2001 to 2002. The stories were written by Shane Salerno. James Bond composer David Arnold wrote the main title theme and scored the pilot episode. Salerno said the show would be a "very music driven series." UC: Undercover was a production of NBC Studios in association with Jersey Films, Chasing Time Pictures, Regency Television, and 20th Century Fox Television. Its short but popular run ended when it was canceled by the network. The show developed a passionate following overseas and continues to run on FX International.

Release Date:2001-09-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

6.5

Save the Last Dance

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

Release Date:2001-01-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1272

6.5

Don King: Only in America

A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.

Release Date:1997-11-15

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:10

Michael Hayes

Michael Hayes

Michael Hayes is a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It stars David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. David Caruso plays in the title role as Michael Hayes. Hayes is an Irish Catholic ex-New York City police officer appointed acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York State. This series was Caruso's first attempt at a comeback on television, after he infamously left NYPD Blue a few years earlier and a failed launch into movies, when both Kiss of Death and Jade were box office and critical failures. Despite this, Michael Hayes was cancelled at the end of its first season, and Caruso slowly continued into supporting roles in film and guest spots on television before reaching new heights once again with CSI: Miami, which ran from 2002 until 2012.

Release Date:1997-09-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

5.7

Metro

Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

Release Date:1997-01-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:562

5.7

The Uninvited

A family, trying to pull themselves together after losing their infant son, moves into a new home, where, almost immediately, the mother begins experiencing paranormal phenomena. She finds it playful at first, but as it grows increasingly malevolent, she is unable to convince her husband of it, and she must contend with it to protect her family from its influence.

Release Date:1996-10-29

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:9

E! True Hollywood Story
8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

Release Date:1996-08-21

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:76

10.0

Divas

This pilot for a prospective series is an ensemble drama chronicling the ups and downs of a young, all-female, black singing group from Seattle.

Release Date:1995-09-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Under One Roof

Under One Roof

Under One Roof is an American drama series that aired on CBS in March and April 1995. A family drama, the series starred James Earl Jones, Joe Morton and Vanessa Bell Calloway.

Release Date:1995-03-14

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:6

6.7

Swing Kids

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.

Release Date:1993-03-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:231

Equal Justice
6.3

Equal Justice

Equal Justice was a television legal drama broadcast in the United States by ABC from March 27, 1990 to July 3, 1991. This series details on the lives of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The series stars George DiCenzo, Cotter Smith, Kathleen Lloyd, Jane Kaczmarek, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, James Wilder, Jon Tenney and Debrah Farentino. Despite earning critical acclaim, the show received low ratings throughout its run and was cancelled after only two seasons.

Release Date:1990-03-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:3

Midnight Caller
7.4

Midnight Caller

Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio. Except for a brief stint on Lifetime in the 1990s, the series has not been rerun or issued on DVD.

Release Date:1988-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:20

A Year in the Life
6.8

A Year in the Life

Following the success of the three-part miniseries of the same name, the drama series follows the daily lives of Seattle's Gardner family. Joe Gardner is the owner of a successful plastics business and the father of four adult children. The Gardner family includes twice-divorced daughter Anne, who returns home with her two teenaged children; daughter Lindley and husband Jim, parents of a newborn baby daughter; black sheep son Jack; and conservative youngest son Sam, newly married to free-spirited Kay.

Release Date:1987-09-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5

A Year in the Life
9.0

A Year in the Life

A year, from Christmas to Christmas, in the lives of the Gardners.

Release Date:1986-12-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:3

5.3

Under the Influence

Noah Talbot is a long-time alcoholic whose drinking begins to have a devastating effect not only on his personal life but on his family as well.

Release Date:1986-09-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

Heart of the City
5.0

Heart of the City

Wes Kennedy is a cop who works long hours at night in order to spend the daytime with his two teenage kids Robin and Kevin... Heart of the City was a crime drama that aired on the ABC television network from September 1986 to January 1987.

Release Date:1986-09-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Amazing Stories
7.5

Amazing Stories

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Release Date:1985-09-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:198

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.3

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Release Date:1985-09-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:50

7.9

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their respective partners.

Release Date:1984-09-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:23

Miami Vice
7.4

Miami Vice

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

Release Date:1984-09-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:437

7.0

Call to Glory

Colonel Raynor Sarnac has to balance his family and his duty as head of a flight group facing the political tensions of the early 60's. Actual historical events are part of various stories as are the activities of three active children.

Release Date:1984-08-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Call to Glory
6.5

Call to Glory

Family melodrama set at Loughlin AFB in Texas, Edwards AFB in California and Vietnam from the early 1960s thru 1973. Col. Raynor Sarnac (Nelson) commands the 4080th Reconnaissance Wing flying U-2 aircraft and later a test pilot school and undertakes factfinding missions in Vietnam for Pres. Kennedy.

Release Date:1984-08-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

Bay City Blues
5.0

Bay City Blues

Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco. Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired prior to its cancellation.

Release Date:1983-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Trauma Center
5.0

Trauma Center

Release Date:1983-09-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

St. Elsewhere
5.5

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

Release Date:1982-10-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:86

Remington Steele
7.1

Remington Steele

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.

Release Date:1982-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:127

Fame
6.8

Fame

An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.

Release Date:1982-01-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:62

7.1

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.

Release Date:1981-12-02

Character:Orderly John

Vote Count:45

Bret Maverick
4.0

Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch and is co-owner of the town's saloon. However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and practice various con games whenever the chance arises. The series was developed by Gordon Dawson, and produced by Garner's company Cherokee Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Release Date:1981-12-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5

4.4

Full Moon High

High-school quarterback Tony Walker is bitten by a werewolf and transforms into a growling beast that hungrily chases down beautiful girls.

Release Date:1981-08-04

Character:High School Student

Vote Count:33

Hill Street Blues
7.6

Hill Street Blues

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

Release Date:1981-01-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:107

The White Shadow
7.0

The White Shadow

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

Release Date:1978-11-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:James Hayward

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:15

4.4

Almost Summer

A high-school election gets nasty.

Release Date:1978-04-21

Character:Dean Hampton

Vote Count:5

6.2

The Monkey Hustle

A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.

Release Date:1976-12-24

Character:Player

Vote Count:6

Company Town

Company Town

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Szysznyk

Szysznyk

Szysznyk was an short-lived American television series produced by Paramount Network Television, originally broadcast on CBS during the 1977-78 television season, and starring Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk. Only ten episodes were aired.

Release Date:1977-08-01

Episode Count:15

What's Happening!!
7.5

What's Happening!!

What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.

Release Date:1976-08-05

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:26

Isis
6.6

Isis

The Secrets of Isis is the syndicated title of a live action CBS television series produced by Filmation in the 1970s originally titled Isis that appeared during the Saturday morning cartoon lineup. The show was also aired in various countries around the world. As indicated on commentary in the 2007 DVD release of the series, and supported by examining broadcast premiere dates, The Secrets of Isis was the first weekly American live-action television series whose lead character was a female superhero, debuting September 6, 1975 and predating the weekly debuts of both The Bionic Woman and Wonder Woman.

Release Date:1975-09-06

Character:Fabian

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:21

Good Times
8.0

Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.

Release Date:1974-02-08

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:76

M*A*S*H
7.9

M*A*S*H

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

Release Date:1972-09-17

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:667

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