Jonathan Demme
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1944-02-22 – 2017-04-26
Place of birth: Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Into the Night
1985Federal Agent
The Incredible Melting Man
1977Matt Winters
Pablo
2012Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021Self (archive footage)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978Self
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024Self
That Thing You Do!
1996Major Motion Picture Director
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015Narrator (voice)
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001Self
Corman's World
2011Self - Filmmaker
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005SelfMidnight Sun Film Festival
1987
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004Self
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994Narrator
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016Self
Cousin Bobby
1992Self