
Jonathan Demme
Directing
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

1997
Oz
1997 · tv

1996
That Thing You Do!
1996 · movie

1997
Scene by Scene
1997 · tv

1985
Into the Night
1985 · movie

2011
Corman's World
2011 · movie

1988
Married to the Mob
1988 · movie

2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 · movie

1992
Cousin Bobby
1992 · movie

1995
Blood Brothers
1995 · movie

1979
Last Embrace
1979 · movie

2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · movie

1977
The Incredible Melting Man
1977 · movie

1978
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978 · movie

2012
Pablo
2012 · movie

2021
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021 · movie

2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001 · movie

2024
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024 · movie

2004
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004 · movie

2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 · movie

2005
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005 · movie

2010
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010 · movie

2007
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
2007 · movie

1999
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 · movie

1991
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991 · movie

1994
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994 · movie

2005
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005 · movie

2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015 · movie

2005
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005 · movie

2005
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005 · movie