
Directing
Thomas Carter
Born 1953-07-17 · Austin, Texas, USA
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.
Acting credits
4.4After a trip to Romania, popular high school quarterback Tony Walker becomes a werewolf, and struggles to come to terms with his hirsute situation.
Full Moon High
1981
7.0Ken 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.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
5.3In the last weeks of a Southern California high school year, Bobby DeVito recruits shy newcomer Darryl to run against his popular ex-girlfriend Christine for student body president, turning a simple election into a nasty campaign of revenge and dirty tricks.
Almost Summer
1978
5.8A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.
The Monkey Hustle
1976
Behind the camera
7.6Based 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.
Coach Carter
2005
7.8Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
6.7A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
When the Game Stands Tall
2014
5.7Roper, 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.
Metro
1997
6.6After 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.
Save the Last Dance
2001
6.7The 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 Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Swing Kids
1993
7.8Miami 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.
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
8.0Colonel 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.
Call to Glory
1984
5.9Noah 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.
Under the Influence
1986
8.0The 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.
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
2005
9.5Members of an all-female black singing group learn about the industry and themselves in their rise to success.
Divas
1995
9.5Members of an all-female black singing group learn about the industry and themselves in their rise to success.
Divas
1995
5.0A 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.
Hitched
2005