Jonathan Demme

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Robert Jonathan Demme was an American director, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Demme is known for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). He has also directed numerous concert films such as Stop Making Sense (1984), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006), and Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016).

Birth Name

Robert Jonathan Demme

Born

Tuesday, 22 February 1944

Died

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny	Himself / Self - Filmmaker	2016
Pablo	Himself	2012
CBS This Morning	Himself - Guest	1992
On Story	Self	2011
Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel	Himself	2011
Machete Maidens Unleashed!	Himself - New World Filmmaker	2010
PogieJoe	Himself	2010
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB	Himself	2009
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains	Himself	2007
Going To Pieces: The Rise And Fall Of The Slasher Film	Himself (archive footage)	2006

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny	Himself / Self - Filmmaker	2016
Pablo	Himself	2012
CBS This Morning	Himself - Guest	1992
On Story	Self	2011
Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel	Himself	2011
Machete Maidens Unleashed!	Himself - New World Filmmaker	2010
PogieJoe	Himself	2010
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB	Himself	2009
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains	Himself	2007
Going To Pieces: The Rise And Fall Of The Slasher Film	Himself (archive footage)	2006
At the Movies	Himself	2004
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'	Himself	2001
The Directors	Himself	1999
Oz	Commercial Director	1997
That Thing You Do!	Major Motion Picture Director	1996
Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Himself	1995
Cousin Bobby	Himself	1992
The Italian Traveler		1987
Into the Night	Federal Agent	1985
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel	Himself	1978
The Incredible Melting Man	Matt Winters	1977
Hollywood Boulevard	Godzilla	1976

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Seven Seconds	2018
Shots Fired	2017
Honeymoon with Harry	2017
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids	2016
Ricki And The Flash	2015
Another Telepathic Thing	2015
The New Yorker Presents	2015
A Master Builder	2013
Enzo Avitabile Music Life	2013
Neil Young Journeys	2012
Enlightened	2011
A Gifted Man	2011
I'm Carolyn Parker	2011
The Killing	2011
Neil Young Trunk Show	2010
Rachel Getting Married	2008
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains	2007
Neil Young: Heart Of Gold	2006
The Manchurian Candidate	2004
The Agronomist	2004
The Truth About Charlie	2002
Beloved	1998
Storefront Hitchcock	1998
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground	1997
The Complex Sessions	1995
Philadelphia	1993
Cousin Bobby	1992
The Silence of the Lambs	1991
Married To The Mob	1988
P.O.V.	1988
Trying Times	1987
Swimming to Cambodia	1987
Something Wild	1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show	1986
Stop Making Sense	1984
Swing Shift	1984
American Playhouse	1981
Melvin and Howard	1980
Last Embrace	1979
Citizens Band	1977
Fighting Mad	1976
Saturday Night Live	1975
Crazy Mama	1975
Caged Heat	1974
Columbo	1971

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Deep Time	2015
The Center	2015
Song One	2015
Enzo Avitabile Music Life	2013
Gimme The Loot	2012
Neil Young Journeys	2012
A Gifted Man	2011
I'm Carolyn Parker	2011
Neil Young Trunk Show	2010
Crude Independence	2009
Rachel Getting Married	2008
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains	2007
Neil Young: Heart Of Gold	2006
The Manchurian Candidate	2004
The Agronomist	2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks	2003
Adaptation.	2002
The Truth About Charlie	2002
Maangamizi: The Ancient One	2001
The Opportunists	2000
Beloved	1998
Shadrach	1998
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground	1997
Mandela	1996
That Thing You Do!	1996
Devil in a Blue Dress	1995
Roy Cohn/Jack Smith	1995
Philadelphia	1993
Household Saints	1993
Kalifornia	1993
Amos & Andrew	1993
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules	1991
Miami Blues	1990
P.O.V.	1988
Something Wild	1986
The Hot Box	1972
Angels Hard as They Come	1971

Year	Type	Category	Won

1992	Oscar	Best Director	Won
1992	Golden Globe	Best Director - Motion Picture	Nominated

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