Jonathan Demme
b. 1944 — d. 2017 (aged 73)
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Director
Writer
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 later directed the acclaimed films Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). On April 26, 2017, Demme died at the age of 73 in Manhattan due to complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.4
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024 Self
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★ 7.7
Seven Seconds
2018 Director
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We're Gonna Need Bigger Skits: An Interview with Carl Gottlieb
2018 Actor
Federal Agent
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★ 6.7
Shots Fired
2017 Director
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★ 7.4
The Power of Rock
2017 Director
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★ 7.6
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids
2016 Director
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★ 7.2
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 Self
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★ 5.8
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
2016 Director
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★ 6.0
Ricki and the Flash
2015 Director
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★ 6.8
The New Yorker Presents
2015 Director
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★ 7.9
I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!
2015 Actor
Narrator
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★ 4.4
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 Director
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★ 6.5
What's Motivating Hayes
2015 Director
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72nd Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony
2015 Self
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The Ibsen Project
2015 Self
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★ 4.2
Line of Sight
2014 Director
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★ 5.9
A Master Builder
2013 Director
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★ 6.6
Pablo
2012 Self
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★ 6.5
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
2012 Director
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★ 5.1
Kenny Chesney: Unstaged
2012 Director
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★ 8.3
The Killing
2011 Director
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★ 7.5
Enlightened
2011 Director
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★ 7.1
A Gifted Man
2011 Director
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★ 6.5
Neil Young Journeys
2011 Director
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★ 6.7
I'm Carolyn Parker
2011 Director
Cinematographer
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★ 8.1
Inside Story: The Silence of the Lambs
2010 Self
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★ 5.0
Tavis Smiley Reports
2010 Director
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★ 7.3
Neil Young: Trunk Show
2009 Director
Composer
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★ 7.5
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 Self
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★ 6.6
Rachel Getting Married
2008 Director
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9th Annual State of the Black Union: Building Blocks for America
2008 Self
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9th Annual State of the Black Union: Breaking New Ground
2008 Self
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★ 7.2
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward
2007 Director
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★ 7.7
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2006 Director
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★ 3.5
The 15th Annual Gotham Awards
2005 Self
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★ 6.6
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 Director
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★ 6.9
Jonathan Demme and the Making of 'the Manchurian Candidate'
2004 Self
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★ 7.3
The Agronomist
2003 Director
Cinematographer
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★ 4.7
The Truth About Charlie
2002 Director
Writer
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The Annual Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards
2001 Self
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★ 7.8
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 Self
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★ 8.3
Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute
1999 Self
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★ 6.1
Beloved
1998 Director
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★ 6.8
Storefront Hitchcock
1998 Director
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★ 6.2
The Uttmost
1998 Self
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★ 6.5
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground
1997 Director
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Movie Legends in Conversation
1995 Self
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★ 8.1
The Complex Sessions
1994 Director
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★ 7.1
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994 Actor
Narrator
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The 5th Annual GLAAD Media Awards
1994 Self
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★ 7.7
Philadelphia
1993 Director
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★ 6.5
Cousin Bobby
1992 Self
Director
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The 63th Annual National Board of Review Awards
1992 Self
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The 44th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
1992 Self
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★ 8.6
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 Director
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★ 7.2
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 Director
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★ 6.3
Married to the Mob
1988 Director
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★ 8.1
P.O.V.
1988 Director
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★ 5.9
Haiti Dreams of Democracy
1988 Director
Writer
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★ 7.6
Swimming to Cambodia
1987 Director
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★ 7.2
Trying Times
1987 Director
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★ 6.7
Scenes Under the Midnight Sun
1987 Self
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★ 6.9
Something Wild
1986 Director
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★ 5.0
The Oprah Winfrey Show
1986 Director
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★ 5.7
Survival Guides
1985 Director
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Joe Lamont: Secrets You Keep
1985 Actor
Man
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★ 8.7
Stop Making Sense
1984 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
Swing Shift
1984 Director
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★ 8.4
Alive from Off Center
1984 Director
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★ 6.8
Melvin and Howard
1980 Director
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★ 7.3
American Playhouse
1980 Director
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★ 6.0
Last Embrace
1979 Director
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★ 6.8
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978 Self
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★ 6.4
Citizens Band
1977 Director
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★ 5.7
Fighting Mad
1976 Director
Writer
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★ 8.0
Saturday Night Live
1975 Director
Writer
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★ 5.4
Crazy Mama
1975 Director
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★ 7.7
Arena
1975 Director
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★ 5.3
Caged Heat
1974 Director
Writer
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★ 5.6
Black Mama White Mama
1973 Writer
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★ 4.7
Fly Me
1973 Director
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★ 4.4
Naughty Wives
1973 Director
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★ 4.8
The Hot Box
1972 Writer
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Rio Tigre
1972 Writer
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★ 8.3
Columbo
1971 Director
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★ 4.7
Angels Hard as They Come
1971 Writer
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The Red Book
Self