Jonathan Demme
Robert Jonathan Demme (/ˈdɛmi/ DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker. Beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman, Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 women-in-prison film Caged Heat, before becoming known for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988). His direction of the 1991 psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs (1991) won him the Academy Award for Best Director. His subsequent films earned similar acclaim, notably Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). Demme also directed numerous concert films such as Stop Making Sense (1984), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006), and Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016), and worked on several television series as both a producer and director.
Filmography
Titles and credit roles
Director credits
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Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids
Ricki and the Flash
Another Telepathic Thing
A Master Builder
Kenny Chesney: Unstaged
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
A Gifted Man
I'm Carolyn Parker
Neil Young Journeys
Neil Young: Trunk Show
Rachel Getting Married
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
The Manchurian Candidate
The Agronomist
The Truth About Charlie
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Storefront Hitchcock
Beloved
Subway Stories
Philadelphia
Cousin Bobby
The Silence of the Lambs
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Married to the Mob
Swimming to Cambodia
Something Wild
Stop Making Sense
Swing Shift
Melvin and Howard
Last Embrace
Citizens Band
Fighting Mad
Crazy Mama
Caged Heat
Actor credits
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The Many Miracles of Household Saints
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Pablo
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
The Uttmost
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
