Carter, Thomas

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Carter, Thomas

PERSONAL

Born in Austin, TX. Education: Graduated from college; attended Southwest Texas State University.

Addresses:

Office—Thomas Carter Company, 3000 West Olympic Blvd., Building 4, Suite 2224, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Director, producer, actor, and writer. Thomas Carter Company, Santa Monica, CA, principal.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, West.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1984, for "Midway to What?," an episode of Hill Street Blues; Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic shows—night, and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a drama series, both 1985, for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall," an episode of Hill Street Blues; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1989, for "Conversations with the Assassin," an episode of Midnight Caller; Emmy awards, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1990, for "Promises to Keep," and 1991, for "In Confidence," both episodes of Equal Justice; Golden Satellite Award (with others), best miniseries or motion picture made for television, International Press Academy, 1997, and Emmy Award (with David Blocker), outstanding made for television movie, 1998, both for Don King: Only in America; Black Movie Award, outstanding achievement in directing, 2005, Black Reel Award, best director, 2006, and Image Award nomination, outstanding directing in a feature film/television movie, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2006, all for Coach Carter.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Creator and executive producer, Equal Justice, ABC, 1990-91.

Executive producer, Under One Roof, CBS, 1995.

Producer, UC: Undercover (also known as Undercover), NBC, 2001-2002.

Executive producer, Hack, CBS, 2002-2004.

Television Director; Miniseries:

A Year in the Life (also known as Ein Schicksalsjahr), NBC, 1986.

Television Director; Movies:

Under the Influence (also known as Aparencias), CBS, 1986.

Bronx County, 1998.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Someone She Knows (also known as Murder in the Neighborhood, Han tuntee murhaajan, and Sie kannte ihren Killer), NBC, 1994.

The Uninvited (also known as Victim of the Haunt, House of Terror, Hantee, La casa delle luci, La maldicion, Maldicao satanica, and Stimmen aus dem Grab), CBS, 1996.

Don King: Only in America (also known as Don King: O dono dos ringues, Don King: O rei do boxe, Don King: Seulement en Amerique, and Don King—Una storia tutta americana), HBO, 1997.

Five Desperate Hours (also known as Amenazada, Epaetoivon tunnit, 5 horas de desespero, and Fuenf Stunden Todesangst), NBC, 1997.

Ali: An American Hero (also known as Ali vs. Clay, Ali: Amerykanski bokser, and Ali: En amerikansk hjaelte), Fox, 2000.

Trapped in a Purple Haze (also known as Un ragazzo contro and Wenn Mutterliebe zur Hoelle wird), ABC, 2000.

Christmas Rush (also known as Breakaway), TBS, 2002.

Executive producer of other projects.

Television Work; Other; Movies:

Executive film consultant, Heat Wave (also known as Emeutes en Californie, Heat Wave—onda di fuoco, Kuuma aalto, and Tensao brutal), TNT, 1990.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Me?," The White Shadow, CBS, 1979.

Bret Maverick, episodes beginning c. 1981.

"Bypass," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1982.

"Legionnaires," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1982.

"Samuels and the Kid," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1982.

"The Sell-Out," Fame, NBC, 1982.

"The Strike," Fame, NBC, 1982.

"Tomorrow's Farewell," Fame, NBC, 1982.

"You're Steele the One for Me," Remington Steele, NBC, 1982.

Hill Street Blues, NBC, episodes from 1982-84.

"Brother's Keeper," Miami Vice (also known as Gold Coast and Miami Unworthiness), NBC, 1984.

"Arthur, or the Gigolo" (also known as "Gigolo"), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985.

"Final Escape," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985.

"Dorothy and Ben," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986.

"Miscalculation," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986.

"One for the Road," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986.

"Don't I Know You From Somewhere?," A Year in the Life, NBC, 1987.

"Conversations with the Assassin," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1988.

"The Price of Justice," Equal Justice, ABC, 1990.

"Promises to Keep," Equal Justice, ABC, 1990.

"End Game," Equal Justice, ABC, 1991.

"In Confidence," Equal Justice, ABC, 1991.

"Rooms," Under One Roof, CBS, 1995.

"Life on the Wire," UC: Undercover (also known as Undercover), NBC, 2001.

"Favors," Hack, CBS, 2002.

Director of "Play It Again, Milt," an unaired episode of Bay City Blues, NBC.

Television Work; Other; Episodic:

Supervising producer, "Conversations with the Assassin," Midnight Caller, NBC, 1988.

Television Director; Pilots:

St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1982.

Trauma Center, ABC, 1983.

Call to Glory, ABC, 1984.

Miami Vice (also known as Gold Coast and Miami Unworthiness), NBC, 1984.

"Cold Steel and Neon," Heart of the City, ABC, 1986.

Midnight Caller, NBC, 1988.

Equal Justice, ABC, 1990.

Divas, Fox, 1995.

Under One Roof, CBS, 1995.

Michael Hayes, CBS, 1997.

The Last Defense, CBS, 1998.

Hack, CBS, 2002.

Partners and Crime (also known as Violent Crime), CBS, 2003.

Hitched, Fox, 2005.

Company Town, CBS, 2006.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Divas, Fox, 1995.

The Last Defense, CBS, 1998.

Hack, CBS, 2002.

Company Town, CBS, 2006.

Executive producer of Wanted and other projects.

Television Appearances; Series:

Ray Gun (a center kid), Szysznyk, CBS, 1977-78.

James Hayward, The White Shadow, CBS, 1978-81.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Story of a People: The Black Road to Hollywood, ABC, c. 1990.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jerry, "Florida's Night Out," Good Times, CBS, 1976.

Second teenager, "To Kill a Tank," The Blue Knight, CBS, 1976.

Bobby, "One Strike and You're Out," What's Happening!!, ABC, 1977.

Patient, "The Winchester Tapes," M*A*S*H (also known as MASH), CBS, 1977.

Chris, "Physical," Lou Grant, CBS, 1978.

Donald Lilly, "Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982.

Himself, "Miami Vice," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Miami Vice: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Himself, "African Americans in Television," Inside TV Land (also known as Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television), TV Land, 2002.

Film Director:

Swing Kids (also known as Os ultimos rebeldes, Rebeldes del swing, Swing Kids—de sista rebellerna, Swing Kids—giovani ribelli, and Swing Kids—rytmin kapinalliset), Buena Vista, 1993.

Metro (also known as El negociador, Gliniarz z metropolii, Ket tusz koezoett, La flic de San Francisco, Metro—Verhandeln ist reine Nervensache, Tuhannen tilanteen mies, and Uno sbirro tuttofare), Buena Vista, 1997.

Save the Last Dance (also known as El ultimo baile, Espera al ultimo baile, Nee pour danser, No balanco do amor, Pasion y baile, Save the last dance—viimeinen tanssi, and Szivem erted rapes), Paramount, 2001.

Coach Carter (also known as All Day Long, Coach Carter—Treino para a vida, and Juego de honor), Paramount, 2005.