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Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme

Known for: Directing

Born 22/02/1944
Died 2017-04-26
Place of birth Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA

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

Oz Series ★ 8,1

Oz

Commercial Director

1997

That Thing You Do! Film ★ 6,9

That Thing You Do!

Major Motion Picture Director

1996

Scene by Scene Series ★ 6,0

Scene by Scene

Self

1997

Into the Night Film ★ 6,5

Into the Night

Federal Agent

1985

Corman's World Film ★ 7,1

Corman's World

Self - Filmmaker

2011

Married to the Mob Film ★ 6,0

Married to the Mob

Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)

1988

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny Film ★ 6,8

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Self

2016

Cousin Bobby Film ★ 6,7

Cousin Bobby

Self

1992

Blood Brothers Film ★ 8,4

Blood Brothers

1995

Last Embrace Film ★ 5,4

Last Embrace

Man on Train (uncredited)

1979

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony Film ★ 4,5

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Self (archive footage)

2021

The Incredible Melting Man Film ★ 4,6

The Incredible Melting Man

Matt Winters

1977

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Film ★ 7,7

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

Self

1978

Pablo Film ★ 6,9

Pablo

Self

2012

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin Film ★ 7,5

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

Self

2021

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Film ★ 7,3

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Self

2001

The Many Miracles of Household Saints Film ★ 10,0

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

Self

2024

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' Film ★ 4,8

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

Self

2004

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Film ★ 8,0

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Self

2009

The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs Film

The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs

Self

2005

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs Film ★ 7,1

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

Self

2010

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains Film ★ 6,5

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

Self

2007

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius Film ★ 8,5

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

Self

1999

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Film ★ 6,0

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Self

1991

One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room Film ★ 3,7

One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room

Narrator

1994

The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence Film ★ 1,0

The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

Self

2005

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! Film ★ 5,0

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

Narrator (voice)

2015

The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning Film

The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

Self

2005

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster Film ★ 6,5

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

Self

2005

Film

Midnight Sun Film Festival

1987