Jonathan Demme
February 22, 1944 (80 years old) in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2024 ·The Many Miracles of Household Saintsas Self
- 2021 ·Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skinas Self
- 2021 ·Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthonyas Self (archive footage)
- 2016 ·Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destinyas Self
- 2015 ·I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 ·Pabloas Self
- 2011 ·Corman's Worldas Self - Filmmaker
- 2010 ·Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambsas Self
- 2010 ·Sodankylä Foreveras Self
- 2009 ·Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBas Self
- 2007 ·Jimmy Carter: Man from Plainsas Self
- 2005 ·Jonathan Demme & Jodie Fosteras Self
- 2004 ·People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'as Self
- 2001 ·Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'as Self
- 1999 ·Hitchcock: Shadow of a Geniusas Self
- 1999 ·The Directors: The Films of Roger Cormanas Self
- 1997 ·Ozas Commercial Director
- 1997 ·Scene by Sceneas Self
- 1996 ·That Thing You Do!as Major Motion Picture Director
- 1994 ·One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Roomas Narrator
- 1992 ·Cousin Bobbyas Self
- 1991 ·The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'as Self
- 1988 ·Married to the Mobas Man in Elevator
- 1987 ·Midnight Sun Film Festivalas
- 1985 ·Into the Nightas Federal Agent
- 1979 ·Last Embraceas Man on Train (uncredited)
- 1978 ·Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angelas Self
- 1977 ·The Incredible Melting Manas Matt Winters