Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 22, 1944
Day of Death
April 26, 2017
(died at 73.172602739726 years old)
Place of Birth
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
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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