Jonathan Demme
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Series
Oz
Commercial Director
1997
Film
That Thing You Do!
Major Motion Picture Director
1996
Series
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Film
Into the Night
Federal Agent
1985
Film
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
2011
Film
Married to the Mob
Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
1988
Film
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
Film
Cousin Bobby
Self
1992
Film
Blood Brothers
1995
Film
Last Embrace
Man on Train (uncredited)
1979
Film
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Incredible Melting Man
Matt Winters
1977
Film
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
1978
Film
Pablo
Self
2012
Film
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Self
2021
Film
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2001
Film
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
Self
2024
Film
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Self
2004
Film
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
2009
Film
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
2005
Film
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
2010
Film
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
Self
2007
Film
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
1999
Film
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
1991
Film
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
Narrator
1994
Film
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Self
2005
Film
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
2005
Film
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
2005
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987