Overview
Jonathan Demme
Known For
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
In keeping with the intergenerational magic of 'Household Saints', filmmaker...
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film...
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
This documentary short tells the story of cartoonist David Boswell...
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
With interviews from cast and crew, including stars Jodie Foster,...
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.