Jonathan Demme
Born in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA — Feb 22 1944• Died Apr 26 2017
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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 J…
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Columbo
Directing
Oz
Commercial Director
POV
Directing
The Killing
Directing
American Playhouse
Directing
A Gifted Man
Directing
Philadelphia
Directing
Scene by Scene
Self
Shots Fired
Directing
Enlightened
Directing
Phantom Thread
Crew
Seven Seconds
Directing
Suspiria
Crew
The Silence of the Lambs
Directing
That Thing You Do!
Major Motion Picture Director
Into the Night
Federal Agent
Beloved
Production
Stop Making Sense
Writing
Adaptation.
Production
Rachel Getting Married
Directing
The New Yorker Presents
Directing
The Manchurian Candidate
Directing
Trying Times
Directing
Vox Lux
Crew
Married to the Mob
Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
Swing Shift
Directing
Melvin and Howard
Directing
Devil in a Blue Dress
Production
Amos & Andrew
Production
Ricki and the Flash
Directing
Subway Stories
Directing
The Truth About Charlie
Writing
Miami Blues
Production
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
Caged Heat
Writing
Pablo
Self
Last Embrace
Man on Train (uncredited)
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Directing
Fighting Mad
Directing
Song One
Production
Eyewitness
Sound
Crazy Mama
Directing
Citizens Band
Directing
Something Wild
Production
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Directing
Sodankylä Forever
Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
A Master Builder
Directing
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Directing
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Production
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
The Incredible Melting Man
Matt Winters
Shadrach
Production
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Self
Swimming to Cambodia
Directing
Ulee's Gold
Crew
The Opportunists
Production
Angels Hard as They Come
Writing
Black Mama, White Mama
Writing
Fly Me
Crew
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Narrator (voice)
Gimme the Loot
Crew
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
Self
Who Am I This Time?
Directing
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
Household Saints
Production
Mandela
Production
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Production
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
Directing
Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Production
I'm Carolyn Parker
Crew
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
Neil Young Journeys
Production
Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Self
Maangamizi: The Ancient One
Production
The Hot Box
Production
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
Self
Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
Directing
The Power of Rock
Directing
Blood Brothers
The Agronomist
Production
Midnight Sun Film Festival
The Center
Production
Storefront Hitchcock
Directing
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Production
Cousin Bobby
Self
Neil Young Trunk Show
Production
Crude Independence
Production
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
Narrator
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
Directing
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
Directing
Haiti: Dreams of Democracy
Production
Another Telepathic Thing
Directing
Deep Time
Production
What's Motivating Hayes
Directing
Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross
Camera