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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Demme, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Directing

1972

[ ] The Hot Box (Second Unit Director)

1974

[ ] Caged Heat (Director)

1975

[ ] Crazy Mama (Director)

1976

[ ] Fighting Mad (Director)

1977

[ ] Citizens Band (Director)

1979

[ ] Last Embrace (Director)

1980

[ ] Melvin and Howard (Director)

1982

[ ] Who Am I This Time? (Director)

1984

[ ] Stop Making Sense (Director)
[ ] Swing Shift (Director)

1986

[ ] Something Wild (Director)
[ ] Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor (Director)

1987

[ ] Swimming to Cambodia (Director)

1988

[ ] Married to the Mob (Director)
[ ] Haiti: Dreams of Democracy (Director)

1990

[ ] Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (Director)

1991

[ 7/10 ] The Silence of the Lambs (Director)

1992

[ ] Cousin Bobby (Director)

1993

[ ] Philadelphia (Director)

1995

[ ] Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions (Director)

1997

[ ] Subway Stories (Director)

1998

[ ] Storefront Hitchcock (Director)
[ ] Beloved (Director)

2001

[ ] Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (Director)

2002

[ ] The Truth About Charlie (Director)

2004

[ ] The Manchurian Candidate (Director)
[ ] The Agronomist (Director)

2006

[ ] Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Director)

2007

[ ] Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (Director)

2008

[ ] Rachel Getting Married (Director)

2009

[ ] Neil Young Trunk Show (Director)

2010

[ ] Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross (Director)

2011

[ ] I'm Carolyn Parker (Director)

2012

[ ] Neil Young Journeys (Director)

2013

[ ] Enzo Avitabile Music Life (Director)

2014

[ ] A Master Builder (Director)

2015

[ ] Ricki and the Flash (Director)
[ ] Another Telepathic Thing (Director)
[ ] What's Motivating Hayes (Director)

2016

[ ] Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (Director)
[ ] Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (Director)

2017

[ ] The Power of Rock (Director)

Production

1971

[ ] Angels Hard as They Come (Producer)

1972

[ ] The Hot Box (Producer)

1986

[ ] Something Wild (Producer)

1988

[ ] Haiti: Dreams of Democracy (Producer)

1990

[ ] Miami Blues (Producer)

1991

[ ] Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (Producer)

1993

[ ] Philadelphia (Producer)
[ ] Amos & Andrew (Executive Producer)
[ ] Household Saints (Executive Producer)

1994

[ ] One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (Producer)

1995

[ ] Roy Cohn/Jack Smith (Executive Producer)
[ W ] Devil in a Blue Dress (Executive Producer)

1996

[ ] That Thing You Do! (Producer)
[ ] Mandela (Producer)

1997

[ ] Subway Stories (Executive Producer)
[ ] Ulee's Gold (Producer)

1998

[ ] Beloved (Producer)
[ ] Shadrach (Executive Producer)

2000

[ ] The Opportunists (Executive Producer)

2001

[ ] Maangamizi: The Ancient One (Executive Producer)

2002

[ 7/10 ] Adaptation. (Producer)
[ ] The Truth About Charlie (Producer)

2004

[ ] The Agronomist (Producer)
[ ] The Manchurian Candidate (Producer)
[ ] Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (Producer)

2006

[ ] Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Producer)

2007

[ ] Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (Producer)

2008

[ ] Rachel Getting Married (Producer)

2009

[ ] Crude Independence (Executive Producer)
[ ] Neil Young Trunk Show (Producer)

2010

[ ] Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross (Producer)

2011

[ ] I'm Carolyn Parker (Producer)

2012

[ ] Neil Young Journeys (Producer)

2013

[ ] Enzo Avitabile Music Life (Producer)

2014

[ ] Song One (Producer)

2015

[ ] Deep Time (Executive Producer)
[ ] The Center (Executive Producer)

Crew

1973

[ ] Fly Me (Second Unit)

1997

[ ] Ulee's Gold (Presenter)

2004

[ ] The Agronomist (Cinematography)

2011

[ ] I'm Carolyn Parker (Cinematography)

2012

[ ] Gimme the Loot (Presenter)

2017

[ 6/10 ] Phantom Thread (In Memory Of)

2018

[ 7/10 ] Suspiria (In Memory Of)
[ ] Vox Lux (In Memory Of)

Writing

1971

[ ] Angels Hard as They Come (Screenplay)

1972

[ ] The Hot Box (Screenplay)

1973

[ ] Black Mama, White Mama (Story)

1974

[ ] Caged Heat (Writer)

1976

[ ] Fighting Mad (Writer)

1984

[ ] Stop Making Sense (Writer)

1988

[ ] Haiti: Dreams of Democracy (Writer)

2002

[ ] The Truth About Charlie (Screenplay)

2007

[ ] Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (Writer)

Sound

1970

[ ] Eyewitness (Music Coordinator)

1984

[ ] Stop Making Sense (Sound Supervisor)

2009

[ ] Neil Young Trunk Show (Music)

Camera

2010

[ ] Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross (Director of Photography)

Actor

1977

[ W ] The Incredible Melting Man (Matt Winters)

1978

[ ] Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (Self)

1979

[ ] Last Embrace (Man on Train (uncredited))

1985

[ ] Into the Night (Federal Agent)

1987

[ ] Midnight Sun Film Festival (????)

1988

[ ] Married to the Mob (Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited))

1991

[ ] The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (Self)

1992

[ ] Cousin Bobby (Self)

1994

[ ] One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (Narrator)

1995

[ ] Blood Brothers (????)

1996

[ ] That Thing You Do! (Major Motion Picture Director)

1999

[ ] Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (Self)

2001

[ ] Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (Self)
[ ] Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning (Self)
[ ] Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs (Self)
[ ] Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence (Self)

2004

[ ] People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (Self)

2005

[ ] Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster (Self)

2007

[ ] Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (Self)

2009

[ ] Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (Self)

2010

[ ] Sodankylä Forever (Self)
[ ] Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (Self)

2011

[ ] Corman's World (Self - Filmmaker)

2012

[ ] Pablo (Self)

2015

[ ] I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! (Narrator (voice))

2016

[ ] Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (Self)

2021

[ ] Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (Self (archive footage))
[ ] Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (Self)

2024

[ ] The Many Miracles of Household Saints (Self)