Jonathan Demme
Known for DirectingBorn 1944-02-22 — died 2017-04-26Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
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
That Thing You Do!
1996 · as Major Motion Picture Director
Married to the Mob
1988 · as Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
Corman's World
2011 · as Self - Filmmaker
Into the Night
1985 · as Federal Agent
The Incredible Melting Man
1977 · as Matt Winters
Last Embrace
1979 · as Man on Train (uncredited)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Blood Brothers
1995
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024 · as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001 · as Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 · as Self
Pablo
2012 · as Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 · as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005 · as Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010 · as Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021 · as Self
Cousin Bobby
1992 · as Self
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978 · as Self