Jonathan Demme
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.
53 directing credits · 31 acting credits
Directing · 53
Columbo
1971
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Killing
2011
POV
1988
American Playhouse
1982
Enlightened
2011
Stop Making Sense
1984
Shots Fired
2017
Seven Seconds
2018
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Philadelphia
1993
A Gifted Man
2011
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
Rachel Getting Married
2008
Married to the Mob
1988
The New Yorker Presents
2016
Something Wild
1986
Beloved
1998
The Truth About Charlie
2002
Subway Stories
1997
Trying Times
1987
Ricki and the Flash
2015
Caged Heat
1974
Crazy Mama
1975
Swing Shift
1984
Citizens Band
1977
Last Embrace
1979
Fighting Mad
1976
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2006
Melvin and Howard
1980
A Master Builder
2014
Who Am I This Time?
1982
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
Neil Young Journeys
2012
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
2016
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
2007
The Agronomist
2004
Cousin Bobby
1992
Storefront Hitchcock
1998
What's Motivating Hayes
2015
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
1995
I'm Carolyn Parker
2011
Neil Young Trunk Show
2009
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock
2016
Enzo Avitabile Music Life
2013
Haiti: Dreams of Democracy
1988
Another Telepathic Thing
2015
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
1986
The Power of Rock
2017
The Perfect Kiss
1985
Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross
2010
Acting · 31
Oz
1997
Scene by Scene
1997
Married to the Mob
1988
That Thing You Do!
1996
Into the Night
1985
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Corman's World
2011
The Incredible Melting Man
1977
Sodankylä Forever
2010
Last Embrace
1979
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021
Pablo
2012
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
2007
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991
Cousin Bobby
1992
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005
Blood Brothers
1995
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994