Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme

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Born 1944-02-22 Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 1
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 S...
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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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Seven Seconds poster
Seven Seconds
as Director
2018-02-23
Shots Fired poster
Shots Fired
as Director
2017-03-22
The New Yorker Presents poster
The New Yorker Presents
as Director
2016-02-16
Enlightened poster
Enlightened
as Director
2011-10-10
A Gifted Man poster
A Gifted Man
as Director
2011-09-23
The Killing poster
The Killing
as Director
2011-04-03
Oz poster
Oz
as Commercial Director
1997-07-12
POV poster
POV
as Director
1988-07-05

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