Jonathan Demme

Directing · Born 1944-02-22 · 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.

Known for

• The Many Miracles of Household Saints (2024)
• Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
• Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021)
• Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
• I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! (2015)
• Corman's World (2011)
• Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010)
• Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)
• Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
• Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster (2005)
• The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning (2005)
• The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs (2005)
• The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence (2005)
• People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2004)
• Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
• Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999)
• That Thing You Do! (1996)
• Blood Brothers (1995)
• One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994)
• Cousin Bobby (1992)
• The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• Midnight Sun Film Festival (1987)
• Into the Night (1985)