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Jonathan Demme

Directing · Born 1944-02-22 · 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.

Credits · 92

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021 · Self (archive footage)

2018 · In Memory Of

2018 · In Memory Of

2018 · Director

2017 · In Memory Of

The Power of Rock

2017 · Director

2017 · Director

Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids

2016 · Director

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

The New Yorker Presents

2016 · Director

Ricki and the Flash

2015 · Director

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

2015 · Narrator (voice)

2015 · Executive Producer

A Master Builder

2014 · Director

2014 · Producer

Enzo Avitabile Music Life

2013 · Producer

2012 · Presenter

Neil Young Journeys

2012 · Director

2011 · Self - Filmmaker

2011 · Director

2011 · Director

I'm Carolyn Parker

2011 · Cinematography

2011 · Director

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross

2010 · Director of Photography

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Neil Young Trunk Show

2009 · Producer

Rachel Getting Married

2008 · Director

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

2006 · Director

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

The Manchurian Candidate

2004 · Director

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

2004 · Producer

2002 · Producer

The Truth About Charlie

2002 · Director

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

Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000

2001 · Director

Maangamizi: The Ancient One

Maangamizi: The Ancient One

2001 · Executive Producer

The Opportunists

2000 · Executive Producer

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

Storefront Hitchcock

1998 · Director

1998 · Producer

1998 · Executive Producer

1997 · Director

1997 · Commercial Director

1997 · Presenter

1996 · Producer

That Thing You Do!

1996 · Major Motion Picture Director

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995 · Executive Producer

Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

1995 · Executive Producer

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions

1995 · Director

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

1994 · Narrator

1993 · Director

Household Saints

1993 · Executive Producer

1993 · Executive Producer

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

1991 · Producer

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 · Director

1990 · Producer

Married to the Mob

1988 · Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)

1988 · Director

1987 · Director

Swimming to Cambodia

1987 · Director

1986 · Director

1985 · Federal Agent

Stop Making Sense

1984 · Director

1984 · Director

Who Am I This Time?

1982 · Director

American Playhouse

1982 · Director

Melvin and Howard

1980 · Director

1979 · Man on Train (uncredited)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

The Incredible Melting Man

1977 · Matt Winters

1977 · Director

1976 · Director

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Director

1975 · Director

1974 · Director

1973 · Second Unit

Black Mama, White Mama

1972 · Screenplay

1971 · Director

Angels Hard as They Come

1971 · Screenplay

1970 · Music Coordinator

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