Jonathan Demme

Directing

1944-02-22 — 2017-04-26Baldwin, 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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1997

Oz

1997 · tv

Jonathan Demme

Known For

Oz

That Thing You Do!

Scene by Scene

Into the Night

Corman's World

Married to the Mob

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Cousin Bobby

Blood Brothers

Last Embrace

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

The Incredible Melting Man

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

Pablo

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

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

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

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

The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster