Jonathan Demme

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

That Thing You Do!

as Major Motion Picture Director

Oz

as Commercial Director

Into the Night

as Federal Agent

Married to the Mob

as Man in Elevator

The Incredible Melting Man

as Matt Winters

Corman's World

as Self - Filmmaker

Last Embrace

as Man on Train (uncredited)

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

as Self

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

as Self