Personal Info
Birthday
February 22, 1944
Place of Birth
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Known For
Directing
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.
Directed Movies (52)
7.3
Seven Seconds
TV Series2018
No Backdrop
2.0
The Power of Rock
Movie2017
5.7
Shots Fired
TV Series2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
Movie2016
7.4
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
Movie2016
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
TV Series2016
5.8
Ricki and the Flash
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
Another Telepathic Thing
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
What's Motivating Hayes
Movie2015
5.9
A Master Builder
Movie2014
No Backdrop
10.0
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Movie2013
7.1
Neil Young Journeys
Movie2012
7.0
Enlightened
TV Series2011
6.4
A Gifted Man
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
6.0
I'm Carolyn Parker
Movie2011
7.8
The Killing
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
7.0
Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross
Movie2010
No Backdrop
6.2
Neil Young Trunk Show
Movie2009
6.3
Rachel Getting Married
Movie2008
6.5
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Movie2007
7.5
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Movie2006
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie2004
6.2
The Agronomist
Movie2004
4.9
The Truth About Charlie
Movie2002
6.2
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
Movie2001
No Backdrop
6.6
Storefront Hitchcock
Movie1998
5.8
Beloved
Movie1998
5.6
Subway Stories
Movie1997
No Backdrop
6.0
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
Movie1995
7.7
Philadelphia
Movie1993
No Backdrop
6.7
Cousin Bobby
Movie1992
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
Haiti: Dreams of Democracy
Movie1988
6.0
Married to the Mob
Movie1988
6.9
Point of View
TV Series1988
6.9
Swimming to Cambodia
Movie1987
6.6
Something Wild
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
The Perfect Kiss
Movie1985
8.3
Stop Making Sense
Movie1984
5.6
Swing Shift
Movie1984
7.4
Who Am I This Time?
Movie1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
6.5
Melvin and Howard
Movie1980
5.4
Last Embrace
Movie1979
5.0
Citizens Band
Movie1977
4.6
Fighting Mad
Movie1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
5.6
Crazy Mama
Movie1975
5.1
Caged Heat
Movie1974
8.1
Columbo
TV Series1971
Acting Filmography (29)
No Backdrop
8.5
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
Movie2024
7.5
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Movie2021
4.5
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie2021
6.8
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Movie2016
5.0
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Movie2015
6.9
Pablo
Movie2012
7.0
Corman's World
Movie2011
7.3
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Movie2010
No Backdrop
8.0
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Movie2009
6.5
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Movie2007
No Backdrop
6.5
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Movie2005
0.0
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Movie2005
0.0
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Movie2005
No Backdrop
1.0
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Movie2005
No Backdrop
4.8
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Movie2004
7.3
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie2001
No Backdrop
8.5
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Movie1999
8.0
Oz
TV Series1997
6.0
Scene by Scene
TV Series1997
6.9
That Thing You Do!
Movie1996
No Backdrop
8.4
Blood Brothers
Movie1995
No Backdrop
3.7
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
Movie1994
No Backdrop
6.7
Cousin Bobby
Movie1992
No Backdrop
6.0
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie1991
6.0
Married to the Mob
Movie1988
6.5
Into the Night
Movie1985
5.4
Last Embrace
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.7
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Movie1978
4.6
The Incredible Melting Man
Movie1977