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Jonathan Demme

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Jonathan Demme

Born February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USADied April 26, 201742 films

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.

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The Silence of the Lambs posterFirst watchThe Silence of the Lambs19918.3Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath,…View film

Essential films

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Philadelphia poster7.7Philadelphia1993Stop Making Sense poster8.3Stop Making Sense1984The Manchurian Candidate poster6.5The Manchurian Candidate2004Rachel Getting Married poster6.3Rachel Getting Married2008Something Wild poster6.6Something Wild1986Ricki and the Flash poster5.8Ricki and the Flash2015Married to the Mob poster6.0Married to the Mob1988Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids poster7.4Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids2016

Filmography

42 films as director
  1. 2017The Power of RockDirector
  2. 2016Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing RockDirector
  3. 2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee KidsDirector
  4. 2015Ricki and the FlashDirector
  5. 2015Another Telepathic ThingDirector
  6. 2015What's Motivating HayesDirector
  7. 2014A Master BuilderDirector
  8. 2013Enzo Avitabile Music LifeDirector
  9. 2012Neil Young JourneysDirector
  10. 2011I'm Carolyn ParkerDirector
  11. 2010Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy CrossDirector
  12. 2009Neil Young Trunk ShowDirector
  13. 2008Rachel Getting MarriedDirector
  14. 2007Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsDirector
  15. 2006Neil Young: Heart of GoldDirector
  16. 2004The Manchurian CandidateDirector
  17. 2004The AgronomistDirector
  18. 2002The Truth About CharlieDirector
  19. 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000Director
  20. 1998Storefront HitchcockDirector
  21. 1998BelovedDirector
  22. 1997Subway StoriesDirector
  23. 1995Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex SessionsDirector
  24. 1993PhiladelphiaDirector
  25. 1992Cousin BobbyDirector
  26. 1991The Silence of the LambsDirector
  27. 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirector
  28. 1988Haiti: Dreams of DemocracyDirector
  29. 1988Married to the MobDirector
  30. 1987Swimming to CambodiaDirector
  31. 1986Something WildDirector
  32. 1986Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus WatermotorDirector
  33. 1985The Perfect KissDirector
  34. 1984Stop Making SenseDirector
  35. 1984Swing ShiftDirector
  36. 1982Who Am I This Time?Director
  37. 1980Melvin and HowardDirector
  38. 1979Last EmbraceDirector
  39. 1977Citizens BandDirector
  40. 1976Fighting MadDirector
  41. 1975Crazy MamaDirector
  42. 1974Caged HeatDirector