Jonathan Demme
Known For
Directing
Born
1944-02-22 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Died
2017-04-26
Biography
Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He was best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed the acclaimed films Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), Philadelphia (1993), and Rachel Getting Married (2008), as well as the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (1984), which is widely considered to be one of the greatest concert films of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Oz
as Commercial Director
Scene by Scene
as Self
Into the Night
as Federal Agent
Married to the Mob
as Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
That Thing You Do!
as Major Motion Picture Director
Blood Brothers
The Incredible Melting Man
as Matt Winters
Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker
Last Embrace
as Man on Train (uncredited)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
as Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
Pablo
as Self
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
Midnight Sun Film Festival
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
as Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
as Self