Actor

Jonathan Demme

1977–present1944–2017DocumentaryRomanceComedyDrama

Poet of the Heart

Also directed 42 films ↗Also wrote 9 screenplays ↗

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Known For

29 acting credits

as Major Motion Picture Director

That Thing You Do!

as Major Motion Picture Director

1996

That Thing You Do!

Filmography

2024The Many Miracles of Household SaintsSelf10.0 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)4.5 2021Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the SkinSelf7.5 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelf6.8 2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!Narrator (voice)5.0 2012PabloSelf

About

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.

As Director

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1991The Silence of the Lambs 1988Married to the Mob 1986Something Wild 1984Stop Making Sense 1993Philadelphia 2002The Truth About Charlie

As Screenwriter

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1984Stop Making Sense 2002The Truth About Charlie 1971Angels Hard as They Come 1972The Hot Box 1988Haiti: Dreams of Democracy 2007Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

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