Jonathan Demme
Directing
Born: 1944-02-22 in 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
Oz
Commercial Director
Into the Night
Federal Agent
That Thing You Do!
Major Motion Picture Director
Scene by Scene
Self
Married to the Mob
Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
Blood Brothers
Last Embrace
Man on Train (uncredited)
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Melting Man
Matt Winters
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Self
Pablo
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Self
Midnight Sun Film Festival
Cousin Bobby
Self
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Self
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Narrator (voice)
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
Narrator