Jonathan Demme

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

30

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

  • The Incredible Melting Man

    The Incredible Melting Man

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

  • Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

    Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

  • Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

    Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

    Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

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

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

  • 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

  • Last Embrace

    Last Embrace

  • Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Into the Night

    Into the Night

  • Pablo

    Pablo

  • Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • Cousin Bobby

    Cousin Bobby

  • Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

  • Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

  • Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

  • The Many Miracles of Household Saints

    The Many Miracles of Household Saints

  • Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

    Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

  • Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

    Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

  • People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

    People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

  • Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

    Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

  • 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!!

  • Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs

    Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs

  • Midnight Sun Film Festival

    Midnight Sun Film Festival