Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme

Directing

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

Directors Guild of America 1 won

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director 2 won

National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 won

  • Best Film Won

Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 1 won

National Board of Review Award for Best Director 1 won

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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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Filmography — top 60 of 105
Directing 33 credits
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
1975 · ★ 6.9 · Director, Writer
Columbo
Columbo
1971 · ★ 8.1 · Director
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
1982 · Director
The Killing
The Killing
2011 · ★ 7.8 · Director
Point of View
Point of View
1988 · Director
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
1993 · ★ 7.7 · Director, Producer
Stop Making Sense
Stop Making Sense
1984 · ★ 8.3 · Director, Writer, Sound Supervisor
The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · ★ 8.3 · Director
Enlightened
Enlightened
2011 · ★ 7.0 · Director
Seven Seconds
Seven Seconds
2018 · ★ 7.3 · Director
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · ★ 6.5 · Director, Producer
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · ★ 6.3 · Director, Producer
Shots Fired
Shots Fired
2017 · Director
A Gifted Man
A Gifted Man
2011 · Director
Married to the Mob
Married to the Mob
1988 · ★ 6.0 · Director, Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
Ricki and the Flash
Ricki and the Flash
2015 · ★ 5.8 · Director
Beloved
Beloved
1998 · ★ 5.8 · Director, Producer
The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · ★ 4.9 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Something Wild
Something Wild
1986 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Producer
Caged Heat
Caged Heat
1974 · ★ 5.1 · Director, Writer
Fighting Mad
Fighting Mad
1976 · Director, Writer
The New Yorker Presents
The New Yorker Presents
2016 · Director
Last Embrace
Last Embrace
1979 · ★ 5.4 · Director, Man on Train (uncredited)
Swing Shift
Swing Shift
1984 · ★ 5.6 · Director
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
1980 · ★ 6.5 · Director
Trying Times
Trying Times
1987 · Director
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama
1975 · Director
The Agronomist
The Agronomist
2004 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
Subway Stories
Subway Stories
1997 · Director, Executive Producer
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
1986 · Director
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2006 · Director, Producer
Storefront Hitchcock
Storefront Hitchcock
1998 · Director
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
2013 · Director, Producer
Acting 22 credits
Producing 19 credits
Writing 6 credits
Other credits 1 credit
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