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

  • That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • Pablo

    Pablo

  • Blood Brothers

    Blood Brothers

  • Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

  • Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

  • Into the Night

    Into the Night

  • The Many Miracles of Household Saints

    The Many Miracles of Household Saints

  • Last Embrace

    Last Embrace

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

    I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • The Incredible Melting Man

    The Incredible Melting Man

  • People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

    People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

  • Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

  • Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

    Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

  • Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

  • Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

  • 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'

  • Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

    Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

  • Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

    Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

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

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

  • 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

  • Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

    Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

  • Cousin Bobby

    Cousin Bobby

  • 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

  • Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

    Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence