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.

Known For

Oz

Scene by Scene

Married to the Mob

That Thing You Do!

Into the Night

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Last Embrace

Corman's World

All Movies (28)

• The Many Miracles of Household Saints2024 · as Self
• Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin2021 · as Self
• Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny2016 · as Self
• I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Pablo2012 · as Self
• Corman's World2011 · as Self - Filmmaker
• Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs2010 · as Self
• Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB2009 · as Self
• Jimmy Carter Man from Plains2007 · as Self
• Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster2005 · as Self
• The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning2005 · as Self
• The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs2005 · as Self
• The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence2005 · as Self
• People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'2004 · as Self
• Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'2001 · as Self
• Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius1999 · as Self
• That Thing You Do!1996 · as Major Motion Picture Director
• Blood Brothers1995
• One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room1994 · as Narrator
• Cousin Bobby1992 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'1991 · as Self
• Married to the Mob1988 · as Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
• Midnight Sun Film Festival1987
• Into the Night1985 · as Federal Agent
• Last Embrace1979 · as Man on Train (uncredited)
• Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel1978 · as Self
• The Incredible Melting Man1977 · as Matt Winters

All TV Shows (2)

• Oz1997 · as Commercial Director
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self