Jonathan Demme
Director
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.
Born1944-02-22
Place of BirthBaldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Known For
6.9
Saturday Night Live
ComedyNews
8.1
Columbo
CrimeDrama
6.6
American Playhouse
DramaComedy
7.8
The Killing
DramaCrime
6.9
Point of View
Documentary
7.7
Philadelphia
Drama
8.3
Stop Making Sense
DocumentaryMusic
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
CrimeThriller
7.0
Enlightened
ComedyDrama
7.3
Seven Seconds
CrimeDrama
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
ThrillerDrama
6.3
Rachel Getting Married
DramaRomance
5.6
Shots Fired
CrimeDrama
6.4
A Gifted Man
Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
6.0
Married to the Mob
ComedyCrime
5.8
Ricki and the Flash
ComedyDrama
5.8
Beloved
DramaHorror
4.9
The Truth About Charlie
ThrillerMystery
6.6
Something Wild
CrimeComedy
5.1
Caged Heat
ActionDrama
4.6
Fighting Mad
DramaAction
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
Documentary
5.4
Last Embrace
ThrillerMystery
5.6
Swing Shift
DramaRomance