Jonathan Demme

Known for: Directing

Born: 1944-02-22 – 2017-04-26 (aged 73)

From: Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (30)

MOVIE★ 8.5
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Pablo
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE★ 7.3
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005
as Self
MOVIE
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005
as Self
MOVIE
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 1.0
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
TV★ 8.1
Oz
1997
as Commercial Director
TV★ 6.0
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
That Thing You Do!
1996
as Major Motion Picture Director
MOVIE★ 8.4
Blood Brothers
1995
MOVIE★ 3.7
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cousin Bobby
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Married to the Mob
1988
as Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
MOVIE
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987
MOVIE★ 6.5
Into the Night
1985
as Federal Agent
MOVIE★ 5.4
Last Embrace
1979
as Man on Train (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Incredible Melting Man
1977
as Matt Winters