Directing
Jonathan Demme
- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Died
- 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.
Filmography
Known for
6.5Into the Night
1985
4.6The Incredible Melting Man
1977
6.9Pablo
2012
4.7Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
7.7Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
8.5The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024
6.9That Thing You Do!
1996
5.0I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
8.5Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
7.3Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
7.0Corman's World
2011
6.5Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005
4.8People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
3.7One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994
8.0Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
6.1The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991
6.8Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
6.7Cousin Bobby
1992