Jonathan Demme
- Directing
- February 22, 1944 · Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
- April 26, 2017
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Many Miracles of Household Saints · Self
- Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin · Self
- Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony · Self
- Suspiria · In Memory Of
- Vox Lux · In Memory Of
- Seven Seconds · Director
- Phantom Thread · In Memory Of
- The Power of Rock · Director
- Shots Fired · Director
- Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock · Director
- Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids · Director
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny · Self
- The New Yorker Presents · Director
- Ricki and the Flash · Director
- Another Telepathic Thing · Director
- I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! · Narrator (Voice)
- Deep Time · Executive producer
- The Center · Executive producer
- What's Motivating Hayes · Director
- A Master Builder · Director
- Song One · Producer
- Enzo Avitabile Music Life · Producer, Director
- Pablo · Self
- Gimme the Loot · Presenter
- Neil Young Journeys · Producer, Director
- Corman's World · Self
- Enlightened · Director
- A Gifted Man · Director
- I'm Carolyn Parker · Cinematography, Producer
- The Killing · Director
- Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs · Self
- Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross · Cinematography, Producer
- Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB · Self
- Neil Young Trunk Show · Producer, Music
- Crude Independence · Executive producer
- Rachel Getting Married · Director, Producer
- Jimmy Carter Man from Plains · Self, Producer
- Neil Young: Heart of Gold · Director, Producer
- Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster · Self
- The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning · Self
- The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs · Self
- The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence · Self
- The Manchurian Candidate · Director, Producer
- People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' · Self
- The Agronomist · Producer, Cinematography
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks · Producer
- Adaptation. · Producer
- The Truth About Charlie · Director, Screenplay
- Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' · Self
- Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 · Director
- Maangamizi: The Ancient One · Executive producer
- The Opportunists · Executive producer
- Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius · Self
- Storefront Hitchcock · Director
- Beloved · Producer, Director
- Shadrach · Executive producer
- Subway Stories · Director, Executive producer
- Oz · Commercial Director
- Ulee's Gold · Presenter, Producer
- Scene by Scene · Self
- Mandela · Producer
- That Thing You Do! · Major Motion Picture Director, Producer
- Devil in a Blue Dress · Executive producer
- Roy Cohn/Jack Smith · Executive producer
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions · Director
- Blood Brothers
- One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room · Narrator, Producer
- Philadelphia · Director, Producer
- Household Saints · Executive producer
- Amos & Andrew · Executive producer
- Cousin Bobby · Self, Director
- The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' · Self
- Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules · Producer
- The Silence of the Lambs · Director
- Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter · Director
- Miami Blues · Producer
- Haiti: Dreams of Democracy · Producer, Writer
- Married to the Mob · Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited), Director
- POV · Director
- Trying Times · Director