Person
Jonathan Demme
Directing · 1944–2017 · Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
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
Columbo
Director
Saturday Night Live
Director
Oz
Commercial Director
The Killing
Director
American Playhouse
Director
POV
Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Director
Stop Making Sense
Director
Enlightened
Director
Seven Seconds
Director
Filmography
- 2024The Many Miracles of Household SaintsSelf
- 2021Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the SkinSelf
- 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)
- 2018SuspiriaIn Memory Of
- 2018Vox LuxIn Memory Of
- 2018Seven SecondsDirector
- 2017Phantom ThreadIn Memory Of
- 2017The Power of RockDirector
- 2017Shots FiredDirector
- 2016Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing RockDirector
- 2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee KidsDirector
- 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelf
- 2016The New Yorker PresentsDirector
- 2015Ricki and the FlashDirector
- 2015Another Telepathic ThingDirector
- 2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!Narrator (voice)
- 2015Deep TimeExecutive Producer
- 2015The CenterExecutive Producer
- 2015What's Motivating HayesDirector
- 2014A Master BuilderDirector
- 2014Song OneProducer
- 2013Enzo Avitabile Music LifeProducer
- 2012PabloSelf
- 2012Gimme the LootPresenter
- 2012Neil Young JourneysProducer
- 2011Corman's WorldSelf - Filmmaker
- 2011EnlightenedDirector
- 2011A Gifted ManDirector
- 2011I'm Carolyn ParkerCinematography
- 2011The KillingDirector
- 2010Inside Story - The Silence of the LambsSelf
- 2010Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy CrossDirector of Photography
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf
- 2009Neil Young Trunk ShowProducer
- 2009Crude IndependenceExecutive Producer
- 2008Rachel Getting MarriedDirector
- 2007Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsSelf
- 2006Neil Young: Heart of GoldDirector
- 2005Jonathan Demme & Jodie FosterSelf
- 2005The Silence of the Lambs: The BeginningSelf
- 2005The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the LambsSelf
- 2005The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the SilenceSelf
- 2004The Manchurian CandidateDirector
- 2004People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'Self
- 2004The AgronomistProducer
- 2004Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksProducer
- 2002Adaptation.Producer
- 2002The Truth About CharlieDirector
- 2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'Self
- 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000Director
- 2001Maangamizi: The Ancient OneExecutive Producer
- 2000The OpportunistsExecutive Producer
- 1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelf
- 1998Storefront HitchcockDirector
- 1998BelovedProducer
- 1998ShadrachExecutive Producer
- 1997Subway StoriesDirector
- 1997OzCommercial Director
- 1997Ulee's GoldPresenter
- 1997Scene by SceneSelf
- 1996MandelaProducer
- 1996That Thing You Do!Major Motion Picture Director
- 1995Devil in a Blue DressExecutive Producer
- 1995Roy Cohn/Jack SmithExecutive Producer
- 1995Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex SessionsDirector
- 1995Blood Brothers
- 1994One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison RoomNarrator
- 1993PhiladelphiaDirector
- 1993Household SaintsExecutive Producer
- 1993Amos & AndrewExecutive Producer
- 1992Cousin BobbySelf
- 1991The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'Self
- 1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesProducer
- 1991The Silence of the LambsDirector
- 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirector
- 1990Miami BluesProducer
- 1988Haiti: Dreams of DemocracyProducer
- 1988Married to the MobMan Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
- 1988POVDirector
- 1987Trying TimesDirector
- 1987Swimming to CambodiaDirector
- 1987Midnight Sun Film Festival
- 1986Something WildDirector
- 1986Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus WatermotorDirector
- 1985The Perfect KissDirector
- 1985Into the NightFederal Agent
- 1984Stop Making SenseDirector
- 1984Swing ShiftDirector
- 1982Who Am I This Time?Director
- 1982American PlayhouseDirector
- 1980Melvin and HowardDirector
- 1979Last EmbraceMan on Train (uncredited)
- 1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild AngelSelf
- 1977The Incredible Melting ManMatt Winters
- 1977Citizens BandDirector
- 1976Fighting MadDirector
- 1975Saturday Night LiveDirector
- 1975Crazy MamaDirector
- 1974Caged HeatDirector
- 1973Fly MeSecond Unit
- 1973Black Mama, White MamaStory
- 1972The Hot BoxScreenplay
- 1971ColumboDirector
- 1971Angels Hard as They ComeScreenplay
- 1970EyewitnessMusic Coordinator
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