Directing
Thomas Carter
Born July 17, 1953 · Austin, Texas, USA (age 73)
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.
Known For
Coach Carter · 2005Coach Carter
★ 7.62005
MovieDramaHistory
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.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story · 2009Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
★ 7.82009
MovieDrama
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
When the Game Stands Tall · 2014When the Game Stands Tall
★ 6.72014
MovieDrama
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Save the Last Dance · 2001Save the Last Dance
★ 6.62001
MovieDramaFamily
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.
Swing Kids · 1993Swing Kids
★ 6.71993
MovieMusicDrama
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 Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Metro · 1997Metro
★ 5.71997
MovieActionComedy
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.
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper · 1984Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
★ 7.81984
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Whose Life Is It Anyway? · 1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?
★ 7.01981
MovieDrama
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.




































