Jonathan Demme

Director

Born: February 22, 1944 (73 years old)

Died: April 26, 2017

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

Filmography (70)

• The Center (2015, ★ 9.5)
• Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999, ★ 8.4)
• Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021, ★ 7.5)
• Oz (1997, ★ 8)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991, ★ 8.3)
• Stop Making Sense (1984, ★ 8.3)
• Philadelphia (1993, ★ 7.7)
• Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006, ★ 7.5)
• Columbo (1971, ★ 8.1)
• The Killing (2011, ★ 7.8)
• Into the Night (1985, ★ 6.5)
• Pablo (2012, ★ 6.9)
• Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978, ★ 7.4)
• That Thing You Do! (1996, ★ 6.9)
• Corman's World (2011, ★ 7.1)
• Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016, ★ 6.8)
• Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010, ★ 7.1)
• Adaptation. (2002, ★ 7.3)
• Cousin Bobby (1992, ★ 6)
• Married to the Mob (1988, ★ 6)
• Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (2007, ★ 6.5)
• Ulee's Gold (1997, ★ 6.5)
• Something Wild (1986, ★ 6.6)
• Swimming to Cambodia (1987, ★ 6.9)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004, ★ 6.5)
• The Agronomist (2004, ★ 5.9)
• Rachel Getting Married (2008, ★ 6.3)
• The Opportunists (2000, ★ 5.7)
• Neil Young Trunk Show (2009, ★ 6.2)
• Beloved (1998, ★ 5.8)