Jonathan Demme

Born: 1944-02-22, Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA

Died: 2017-04-26

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.

Filmography

• Saturday Night Live (1975)
• Point of View (1988)
• Oz (1997)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Rachel Getting Married (2008)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Into the Night (1985)
• That Thing You Do! (1996)
• Something Wild (1986)
• Ricki and the Flash (2015)
• Caged Heat (1974)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• Beloved (1998)
• The Truth About Charlie (2002)
• Melvin and Howard (1980)
• Fighting Mad (1976)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• The Agronomist (2004)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• Storefront Hitchcock (1998)
• The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
• Crazy Mama (1975)
• Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor (1986)
• Subway Stories (1997)
• Cousin Bobby (1992)
• Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
• Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2013)