🎬 Director
Jonathan Demme
🎂 Born 22 February 1944 (age 73)✝ 26 April 2017📍 Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
42
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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
Directed Films(42)
★ 8.3
Stop Making Sense
1984
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★ 7.7
Philadelphia
1993
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★ 8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
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★ 6.3
Rachel Getting Married
2008
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★ 6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
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★ 5.8
Beloved
1998
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★ 5.1
Caged Heat
1974
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★ 6.0
Married to the Mob
1988
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★ 6.6
Something Wild
1986
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★ 5.8
Ricki and the Flash
2015
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★ 4.9
The Truth About Charlie
2002
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★ 5.4
Last Embrace
1979
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★ 5.6
Crazy Mama
1975
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★ 5.6
Swing Shift
1984
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★ 5.6
Subway Stories
1997
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★ 4.6
Fighting Mad
1976
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★ 6.5
Melvin and Howard
1980
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★ 5.0
Citizens Band
1977
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★ 7.5
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2006
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★ 5.9
A Master Builder
2014
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★ 6.7
Cousin Bobby
1992
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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
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★ 6.2
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
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★ 6.5
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007
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★ 7.4
Who Am I This Time?
1982
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★ 7.1
Neil Young Journeys
2012
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★ 6.9
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
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★ 6.0
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
1995
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★ 7.4
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
2016
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Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
1986
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★ 6.2
The Agronomist
2004
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★ 6.6
Storefront Hitchcock
1998
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Haiti: Dreams of Democracy
1988
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★ 10.0
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
2013
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★ 6.2
Neil Young Trunk Show
2009
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★ 2.0
The Power of Rock
2017
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Another Telepathic Thing
2015
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★ 6.0
I'm Carolyn Parker
2011
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What's Motivating Hayes
2015
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★ 7.0
Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross
2010
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Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
2016
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The Perfect Kiss
1985
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Full Filmography(27 films)
YearTitleRating
1988Married to the Mob★ 6.02011Corman's World★ 7.11996That Thing You Do!★ 6.91985Into the Night★ 6.51979Last Embrace★ 5.42021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony★ 4.51977The Incredible Melting Man★ 4.62016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny★ 6.82021Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin★ 7.52024The Many Miracles of Household Saints★ 10.02012Pablo★ 6.91992Cousin Bobby★ 6.72007Jimmy Carter Man from Plains★ 6.52004People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'★ 4.82015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!★ 5.02005The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence★ 1.02009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB★ 8.02001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'★ 7.31978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel★ 7.71999Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius★ 8.51995Blood Brothers★ 8.42005The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs—2005The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning—2010Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs★ 7.11994One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room★ 3.71991The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'★ 6.02005Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster★ 6.5