Jonathan Demme

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Born
February 22, 1944 (73 years old)
Died
April 26, 2017
Place of Birth
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Documentary Romance Comedy
Career Span
1977 – 2024

Jonathan Demme

30 nominations
28 credits

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.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Read more

Personal Info

Born
Feb 22, 1944
From
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Known For
Directing
Career
1977 – 2024

Award Recognition

0
Wins
30
Nominations

Complete Filmography

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Married to the Mob
That Thing You Do!
Into the Night
The Incredible Melting Man
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Last Embrace
Corman's World
Pablo

Career Statistics

Roles by Genre
Genre Evolution