Directing
Jonathan Demme
Feb 22, 1944 (died Apr 26, 2017, aged 73) 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.
Known for
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
Director
8.1
Columbo
Director
7.3
Phantom Thread
In Memory Of
7.7
Philadelphia
Director, Producer
7.3
Adaptation.
Producer
7.8
The Killing
Director
6.9
Suspiria
In Memory Of
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
Director, Producer
6.3
Rachel Getting Married
Director, Producer
6.9
That Thing You Do!
Producer
5.8
Ricki and the Flash
Director
8.3
Stop Making Sense
Director, Writer, Sound Supervisor
6.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
Executive Producer
6.0
Married to the Mob
Director
5.5
Amos & Andrew
Executive Producer
Filmography
8.5
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024 · Self
4.7
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Self (archive footage)
7.4
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021 · Self
6.9
Suspiria
2018 · In Memory Of
5.7
Vox Lux
2018 · In Memory Of
7.3
Seven Seconds
2018 · Director
7.3
Phantom Thread
2017 · In Memory Of
5.6
Shots Fired
2017 · Director
2.0
The Power of Rock
2017 · Director
6.8
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 · Self
7.4
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
2016 · Director
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
2016 · Director
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
2016 · Director
5.0
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015 · Narrator (voice)
5.8
Ricki and the Flash
2015 · Director
9.5
The Center
2015 · Executive Producer
Deep Time
2015 · Executive Producer
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Director
What's Motivating Hayes
2015 · Director
5.7
Song One
2014 · Producer
5.8
A Master Builder
2014 · Director
10.0
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
2013 · Producer, Director
6.9
Pablo
2012 · Self
6.2
Gimme the Loot
2012 · Presenter
7.1
Neil Young Journeys
2012 · Producer, Director
7.0
Corman's World
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
7.8
The Killing
2011 · Director
7.0
Enlightened
2011 · Director
6.4
A Gifted Man
2011 · Director
6.0
I'm Carolyn Parker
2011 · Cinematography, Producer, Director