Jonathan Demme
Directing·February 22, 1944·† April 26, 2017 — 73 years old·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.
Known For
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2024The Many Miracles of Household SaintsSelf2021Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the SkinSelf2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)2018SuspiriaIn Memory Of2018Vox LuxIn Memory Of2018Seven SecondsTVDirector2017Phantom ThreadIn Memory Of2017The Power of RockDirector2017Shots FiredTVDirector2016Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing RockDirector2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee KidsDirector2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelf2016The New Yorker PresentsTVDirector2015Ricki and the FlashDirector2015Another Telepathic ThingDirector2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!Narrator (voice)2015Deep TimeExecutive Producer2015The CenterExecutive Producer2015What's Motivating HayesDirector2014A Master BuilderDirector2014Song OneProducer2013Enzo Avitabile Music LifeProducer · Director2012PabloSelf2012Gimme the LootPresenter2012Neil Young JourneysProducer · Director2011Corman's WorldSelf - Filmmaker2011EnlightenedTVDirector2011A Gifted ManTVDirector2011I'm Carolyn ParkerCinematography · Producer · Director2011The KillingTVDirector2010Inside Story - The Silence of the LambsSelf2010Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy CrossDirector of Photography · Producer · Director2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf2009Neil Young Trunk ShowProducer · Music · Director2009Crude IndependenceExecutive Producer2008Rachel Getting MarriedDirector · Producer2007Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsSelf · Producer · Writer · Director2006Neil Young: Heart of GoldDirector · Producer2005Jonathan Demme & Jodie FosterSelf2005The Silence of the Lambs: The BeginningSelf2005The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the LambsSelf2005The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the SilenceSelf2004The Manchurian CandidateDirector · Producer2004People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'Self2004The AgronomistProducer · Cinematography · Director2004Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksProducer2002Adaptation.Producer2002The Truth About CharlieDirector · Screenplay · Producer2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'Self2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000Director2001Maangamizi: The Ancient OneExecutive Producer2000The OpportunistsExecutive Producer1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelf1998Storefront HitchcockDirector1998BelovedProducer · Director1998ShadrachExecutive Producer1997Subway StoriesDirector · Executive Producer1997OzTVCommercial Director1997Ulee's GoldPresenter · Producer1997Scene by SceneTVSelf1996MandelaProducer1996That Thing You Do!Major Motion Picture Director · Producer1995Devil in a Blue DressExecutive Producer1995Roy Cohn/Jack SmithExecutive Producer1995Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex SessionsDirector1995Blood Brothers1994One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison RoomNarrator · Producer1993PhiladelphiaDirector · Producer1993Household SaintsExecutive Producer1993Amos & AndrewExecutive Producer1992Cousin BobbySelf · Director1991The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'Self1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesProducer1991The Silence of the LambsDirector1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirector1990Miami BluesProducer1988Haiti: Dreams of DemocracyProducer · Writer · Director1988Married to the MobMan Getting off Elevator (uncredited) · Director1988POVTVDirector1987Trying TimesTVDirector1987Swimming to CambodiaDirector1987Midnight Sun Film Festival1986Something WildDirector · Producer1986Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus WatermotorDirector1985The Perfect KissDirector1985Into the NightFederal Agent1984Stop Making SenseDirector · Writer · Sound Supervisor1984Swing ShiftDirector1982Who Am I This Time?Director1982American PlayhouseTVDirector1980Melvin and HowardDirector1979Last EmbraceMan on Train (uncredited) · Director1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild AngelSelf1977The Incredible Melting ManMatt Winters1977Citizens BandDirector1976Fighting MadDirector · Writer1975Saturday Night LiveTVDirector · Writer1975Crazy MamaDirector1974Caged HeatDirector · Writer1973Fly MeSecond Unit1973Black Mama, White MamaStory1972The Hot BoxScreenplay · Producer · Second Unit Director1971ColumboTVDirector1971Angels Hard as They ComeScreenplay · Producer1970EyewitnessMusic Coordinator