Thomas Carter was born on 17th July 1953 in Austin Texas and Studied at Texas State University. He is a writer, producer and actor but his main profession is directing.
Throughout his 40 plus year career he has directed many popular U.S. TV Shows including: “Hill Street Blues”, “St Elsewhere”, “Miami Vice”, “Remington Steel”, “A Year in the Life (with Morgan Stevens), “Nashville” and “New Amsterdam” to name just a few.
He has also directed films such as “Save The Last Dance and “Coach Carter”.
To date his directing has won him 3 Emmys, 1 Black Movie award and 1 Directors Guild of America Award.
On Fame he was one of the first directors to come on board when the TV Series first went into production in 1981.