Jonathan Demme

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

31

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-02-22

Day of death

2017-04-26 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA

Jonathan Demme

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

  • Oz

    Oz

  • Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

  • Pablo

    Pablo

  • Blood Brothers

    Blood Brothers

  • Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

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

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

  • Last Embrace

    Last Embrace

  • That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

  • The Incredible Melting Man

    The Incredible Melting Man

  • Cousin Bobby

    Cousin Bobby

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

    Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Into the Night

    Into the Night

  • Jodie Foster - Hollywood under the skin

    Jodie Foster - Hollywood under the skin

  • Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

  • Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

    Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

    People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

  • Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

    Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

  • Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

    Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

  • Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

  • The Many Miracles of Household Saints

    The Many Miracles of Household Saints

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

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

  • Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

    Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

  • Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

  • The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

    The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

  • I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

    I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

  • Midnight Sun Film Festival

    Midnight Sun Film Festival

  • Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs

    Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs