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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Into the Night
as Federal Agent
1985
The Incredible Melting Man
as Matt Winters
1977
Pablo
as Self
2012
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Self
1978
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
as Self
2024
That Thing You Do!
as Major Motion Picture Director
1996
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
as Self
1999
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
2001
Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker
2011
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
as Self
2005
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
as Self
2004
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
as Narrator
1994
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2009
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
1991
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self
2016
Cousin Bobby
as Self
1992
Last Embrace
as Man on Train (uncredited)
1979
