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

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — Director
2. Philadelphia (1993) — Director
3. The Manchurian Candidate (2004) — Director
4. The Killing (2011) — Director
5. Columbo (1971) — Director
6. Ricki and the Flash (2015) — Director
7. Rachel Getting Married (2008) — Director
8. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Director
9. Something Wild (1986) — Director
10. Stop Making Sense (1984) — Director
11. Married to the Mob (1988) — Director
12. The Truth About Charlie (2002) — Director
13. Seven Seconds (2018) — Director
14. Beloved (1998) — Director
15. Enlightened (2011) — Director
16. Swing Shift (1984) — Director
17. Caged Heat (1974) — Director
18. Last Embrace (1979) — Director
19. Melvin and Howard (1980) — Director
20. Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016) — Director
21. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) — Director
22. A Gifted Man (2011) — Director
23. Shots Fired (2017) — Director
24. Swimming to Cambodia (1987) — Director
25. A Master Builder (2014) — Director
26. Crazy Mama (1975) — Director
27. The Agronomist (2004) — Director
28. Citizens Band (1977) — Director
29. Subway Stories (1997) — Director
30. Who Am I This Time? (1982) — Director
31. Fighting Mad (1976) — Director
32. Neil Young Journeys (2012) — Director
33. Point of View (1988) — Director
34. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) — Director
35. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
36. Neil Young Trunk Show (2009) — Director
37. Cousin Bobby (1992) — Director
38. Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (2001) — Director
39. The New Yorker Presents (2016) — Director
40. Storefront Hitchcock (1998) — Director

Also appeared in

1. That Thing You Do! (1996) — Major Motion Picture Director
2. Oz (1997) — Commercial Director
3. Into the Night (1985) — Federal Agent
4. Married to the Mob (1988) — Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
5. The Incredible Melting Man (1977) — Matt Winters
6. Corman's World (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
7. Last Embrace (1979) — Man on Train (uncredited)
8. Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021) — Self (archive footage)
9. Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016) — Self
10. Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021) — Self
11. Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001) — Self
12. The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) — Self
13. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) — Self
14. Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010) — Self
15. Pablo (2012) — Self
16. Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978) — Self
17. Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) — Self
18. Cousin Bobby (1992) — Self
19. People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2004) — Self
20. Blood Brothers (1995)
21. I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! (2015) — Narrator (voice)
22. One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994) — Narrator
23. Scene by Scene (1997) — Self
24. The Many Miracles of Household Saints (2024) — Self
25. Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster (2005) — Self
26. Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009) — Self
27. The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence (2005) — Self
28. Midnight Sun Film Festival (1987)
29. The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning (2005) — Self
30. The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs (2005) — Self