About
Argentine/British born in Buenos Aires, 1946. B.A. in History from Harvard College, 1967, magna cum laude, film studies/workshops at Swedish Film Institute, AFI, and Cal Arts. He has worked in film since 1970, as cameraperson/lighting cameraperson, soundman, and director. In the 1970s he left Argentina and settled in Venezuela, directing documentaries like The Cumaná Devil, Country Painter, and The Mandolin King, which received a total of 24 awards in Venezuela, Germany and France. Dickinson also made the feature documentary Ajishama, and produced and directed two fiction features in Venezuela, Blows and Boleros, (Channel 4 London, Foncine), and The Crystal Ship (Dickinson/Foncine).
Filmography
A day in Constitución2011 · Director
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale2006 · Dolly Grip
Partiendo átomos2005 · Director
Ajishama, The White Ibis2003 · Director, Writer
Entre golpes y boleros1990 · Director, Producer
Macu, la mujer del policía1987 · Camera Operator
El rey del bandolín1985 · Director, Writer
The Cumaná Devil1984 · Director, Writer
Peasant Painter1984 · Director, Writer
La muerte insiste1984 · Camera Operator
Si j'te cherche... j'me trouve1980 · Camera Operator