Directing
Jonathan Demme
Born February 22, 1944 · Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA · Died April 26, 2017
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.
Known for
8.6
The Silence of the Lambs
Director
7.7
Philadelphia
Director, Producer
7.4
Phantom Thread
In Memory Of
7.6
Adaptation.
Producer
6.7
Suspiria
In Memory Of
6.6
The Manchurian Candidate
Director, Producer
7.0
That Thing You Do!
Major Motion Picture Director, Producer
8.3
The Killing
Director
8.7
Oz
Commercial Director
8.3
Columbo
Director
6.0
Ricki and the Flash
Director
6.6
Rachel Getting Married
Director, Producer
5.8
Vox Lux
In Memory Of
8.0
Saturday Night Live
Director, Writer
6.8
Devil in a Blue Dress
Executive Producer
6.9
Something Wild
Director, Producer
8.7
Stop Making Sense
Director, Writer, Sound Supervisor
6.3
Married to the Mob
Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited), Director
6.4
Into the Night
Federal Agent
5.8
Song One
Producer
Filmography
- 2024The Many Miracles of Household SaintsSelfMovie
- 2021Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the SkinSelfMovie
- 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2018SuspiriaIn Memory OfMovie
- 2018Vox LuxIn Memory OfMovie
- 2018Seven SecondsDirectorSeries
- 2017Phantom ThreadIn Memory OfMovie
- 2017The Power of RockDirectorMovie
- 2017Shots FiredDirectorSeries
- 2016Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing RockDirectorMovie
- 2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee KidsDirectorMovie
- 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelfMovie
- 2016The New Yorker PresentsDirectorSeries
- 2015Ricki and the FlashDirectorMovie
- 2015Another Telepathic ThingDirectorMovie
- 2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!Narrator (voice)Movie
- 2015Deep TimeExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2015The CenterExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2015What's Motivating HayesDirectorMovie
- 2014A Master BuilderDirectorMovie
- 2014Song OneProducerMovie
- 2013Enzo Avitabile Music LifeProducer, DirectorMovie
- 2012PabloSelfMovie
- 2012Gimme the LootPresenterMovie
- 2012Neil Young JourneysDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2011Corman's WorldSelf - FilmmakerMovie
- 2011EnlightenedDirectorSeries
- 2011A Gifted ManDirectorSeries
- 2011I'm Carolyn ParkerCinematography, Producer, DirectorMovie
- 2011The KillingDirectorSeries
- 2010Inside Story - The Silence of the LambsSelfMovie
- 2010Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy CrossDirector of Photography, ProducerMovie
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelfMovie
- 2009Neil Young Trunk ShowProducer, Music, DirectorMovie
- 2009Crude IndependenceExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2008Rachel Getting MarriedDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2007Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsSelf, Writer, Producer, DirectorMovie
- 2006Neil Young: Heart of GoldDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2005Jonathan Demme & Jodie FosterSelfMovie
- 2005The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the SilenceSelfMovie
- 2005The Silence of the Lambs: The BeginningSelfMovie
- 2005The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the LambsSelfMovie
- 2004The Manchurian CandidateDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2004People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'SelfMovie
- 2004The AgronomistProducer, Cinematography, DirectorMovie
- 2004Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksProducerMovie
- 2002Adaptation.ProducerMovie
- 2002The Truth About CharlieDirector, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'SelfMovie
- 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000DirectorMovie
- 2001Maangamizi: The Ancient OneExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2000The OpportunistsExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelfMovie
- 1998Storefront HitchcockDirectorMovie
- 1998BelovedProducer, DirectorMovie
- 1998ShadrachExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1997Subway StoriesDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1997OzCommercial DirectorSeries
- 1997Ulee's GoldPresenter, ProducerMovie
- 1997Scene by SceneSelfSeries
- 1996MandelaProducerMovie
- 1996That Thing You Do!Major Motion Picture Director, ProducerMovie
- 1995Devil in a Blue DressExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1995Roy Cohn/Jack SmithExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1995Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex SessionsDirectorMovie
- 1995Blood BrothersMovie
- 1994One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison RoomNarrator, ProducerMovie
- 1993PhiladelphiaDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1993Household SaintsExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1993Amos & AndrewExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1992Cousin BobbySelf, DirectorMovie
- 1991The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'SelfMovie
- 1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesProducerMovie
- 1991The Silence of the LambsDirectorMovie
- 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirectorMovie
- 1990Miami BluesProducerMovie
- 1988Haiti: Dreams of DemocracyWriter, Producer, DirectorMovie
- 1988Married to the MobMan Getting off Elevator (uncredited), DirectorMovie
- 1988POVDirectorSeries
- 1987Trying TimesDirectorSeries
- 1987Swimming to CambodiaDirectorMovie
- 1987Midnight Sun Film FestivalMovie
- 1986Something WildDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1986Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus WatermotorDirectorMovie
- 1985The Perfect KissDirectorMovie
- 1985Into the NightFederal AgentMovie
- 1984Stop Making SenseDirector, Writer, Sound SupervisorMovie
- 1984Swing ShiftDirectorMovie
- 1982Who Am I This Time?DirectorMovie
- 1982American PlayhouseDirectorSeries
- 1980Melvin and HowardDirectorMovie
- 1979Last EmbraceMan on Train (uncredited), DirectorMovie
- 1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild AngelSelfMovie
- 1977The Incredible Melting ManMatt WintersMovie
- 1977Citizens BandDirectorMovie
- 1976Fighting MadDirector, WriterMovie
- 1975Saturday Night LiveDirector, WriterSeries
- 1975Crazy MamaDirectorMovie
- 1974Caged HeatDirector, WriterMovie
- 1973Fly MeSecond UnitMovie
- 1973Black Mama, White MamaStoryMovie
- 1972The Hot BoxScreenplay, Producer, Second Unit DirectorMovie
- 1971ColumboDirectorSeries
- 1971Angels Hard as They ComeScreenplay, ProducerMovie
- 1970EyewitnessMusic CoordinatorMovie