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.
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Acting History
2024
The Many Miracles of Household Saints as Self
2021Jodie Foster - Hollywood under the skin as Self
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! as Narrator (voice)
2012Pablo as Self
2011Corman's World as Self - Filmmaker
2010Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs as Self
2010Sodankylä Forever as Self
2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
2007Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains as Self
2005Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster as Self
2004People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' as Self
2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
2001Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning as Self
2001Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence as Self
2001Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs as Self
1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius as Self
1997Oz as Commercial Director
1997Scene by Scene as Self
1996That Thing You Do! as Major Motion Picture Director
1995Blood Brothers
1994One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room as Narrator
1992Cousin Bobby as Self
1991The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
1988Married to the Mob as Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
1987Midnight Sun Film Festival
1985Into the Night as Federal Agent
1979Last Embrace as Man on Train (uncredited)
1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel as Self
1977The Incredible Melting Man as Matt Winters