Billy Dickson

{{Short description|American cinematographer and television director}}

{{Other people|Bill Dickson or William Dickson|William Dickson (disambiguation)}}

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Billy Dickson is an American cinematographer and television director.

As a cinematographer he is best known for his work on the television series Ally McBeal,{{cite web |author=John Calhoun |url=http://livedesignonline.com/mag/lighting_order_court_dp/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127224520/http://livedesignonline.com/mag/lighting_order_court_dp/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-27 |title=Order in the court: DP Billy Dickson does justice to a new studio for Ally McBeal |publisher=Livedesignonline.com |date=1998-10-01 |accessdate=2012-12-15 }} for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series in 2001 and 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=Billy+Dickson&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2012&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Primetime Emmy® Award Database |publisher=Emmys.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-15}} He was also a cinematographer for numerous television films and photographed the television series The Big Easy, Hidden Hills and 12 Miles of Bad Road.

As a television director, he directed episodes of Ally McBeal, One Tree Hill and the reality series Majors & Minors.{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/338961/credits;_ylt=ArjaCdwjhbhKgUbJUIzFG.6.o9EF |title=Billy Dickson - Yahoo! TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-15}} In 2008, Dickson created the internet television series IQ-145, starring Thomas Dekker and Lindsey McKeon. Dickson also directed, edited, photographed and wrote all the episodes for the series.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iq-145.com/ |title=IQ-145 |access-date=2012-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127094051/http://iq-145.com/ |archive-date=2012-11-27 |url-status=dead }} Billy was Writer/Director/DP/Executive Producer on the 2016 Christian Film of the Year Believe, distributed by Smith Global Media and Sony Home Entertainment.