Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme

2/22/1944 – 4/26/2017Baldwin, 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.

Filmography (30 titles)

The Many Miracles of Household Saints8.5Movie

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

Self · 2024

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin7.5Movie

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

Self · 2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony4.5Movie

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny6.8Movie

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Self · 2016

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!5.0Movie

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

Narrator (voice) · 2015

Pablo6.9Movie

Pablo

Self · 2012

Corman's World7.0Movie

Corman's World

Self - Filmmaker · 2011

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs7.3Movie

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

Self · 2010

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB8.0Movie

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Self · 2009

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains6.5Movie

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Self · 2007

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster6.5Movie

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

Self · 2005

The Silence of the Lambs: The BeginningMovie

The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning

Self · 2005

The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the LambsMovie

The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs

Self · 2005

The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence1.0Movie

The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence

Self · 2005

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'4.8Movie

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

Self · 2004

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'7.3Movie

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Self · 2001

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius8.5Movie

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

Self · 1999

Oz8.0Show

Oz

Commercial Director · 1997

Scene by Scene6.0Show

Scene by Scene

Self · 1997

That Thing You Do!6.9Movie

That Thing You Do!

Major Motion Picture Director · 1996

Blood Brothers8.4Movie

Blood Brothers

1995

One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room3.7Movie

One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room

Narrator · 1994

Cousin Bobby6.7Movie

Cousin Bobby

Self · 1992

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'6.0Movie

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Self · 1991

Married to the Mob6.0Movie

Married to the Mob

Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited) · 1988

Movie

Midnight Sun Film Festival

1987

Into the Night6.5Movie

Into the Night

Federal Agent · 1985

Last Embrace5.4Movie

Last Embrace

Man on Train (uncredited) · 1979

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel7.7Movie

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

Self · 1978

The Incredible Melting Man4.6Movie

The Incredible Melting Man

Matt Winters · 1977