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Jim Jarmusch

James Robert "Jim" Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) is an American writer-director and musician. Jarmusch has been a major figure in American independent cinema since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on "Dead Man" (1995), "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999), "Broken Flowers" (2005), and "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013).

Et billede af Jim Jarmusch

Directing

1981

[ 4/10 ] Permanent Vacation (Director)

1983

[ ] Stranger Than Paradise (Director)

1984

[ 7/10 ] Stranger Than Paradise (Director)

1986

[ 6/10 ] Down by Law (Director)
[ ] Coffee and Cigarettes (Director)

1988

[ ] Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant (Director)

1989

[ 6/10 ] Mystery Train (Director)
[ ] Coffee and Cigarettes II (Director)

1990

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

1991

[ 7/10 ] Night on Earth (Director)

1992

[ ] BAD I+II (Director)

1995

[ 7/10 ] Dead Man (Director)

1997

[ ] Year of the Horse (Director)
[ ] Coffee and Cigarettes III (Director)

1999

[ 7/10 ] Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Director)

2002

[ ] Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (Director)

2004

[ 6/10 ] Coffee and Cigarettes (Director)

2005

[ 7/10 ] Broken Flowers (Director)

2009

[ 8/10 ] The Limits of Control (Director)

2013

[ 8/10 ] Only Lovers Left Alive (Director)

2016

[ 8/10 ] Paterson (Director)
[ ] Gimme Danger (Director)

2019

[ 5/10 ] The Dead Don't Die (Director)

2021

[ ] French Water (Director)

2025

[ ] Father Mother Sister Brother (Director)
[ ] A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond (Director)

????

[ ] Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project (Director)

Production

1981

[ 4/10 ] Permanent Vacation (Producer)
[ ] You Are Not I (Producer)

1991

[ 7/10 ] Night on Earth (Producer)

1993

[ ] When Pigs Fly (Executive Producer)

1999

[ 7/10 ] Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Producer)

2008

[ ] Explicit Ills (Executive Producer)

2017

[ ] Porto (Executive Producer)
[ ] Uncle Howard (Executive Producer)

2025

[ ] Father Mother Sister Brother (Executive Producer)

Writing

1981

[ 4/10 ] Permanent Vacation (Story)
[ 4/10 ] Permanent Vacation (Screenplay)
[ ] You Are Not I (Writer)

1984

[ 7/10 ] Stranger Than Paradise (Screenplay)

1986

[ 6/10 ] Down by Law (Writer)
[ ] Coffee and Cigarettes (Writer)

1989

[ 6/10 ] Mystery Train (Screenplay)
[ ] Coffee and Cigarettes II (Writer)

1991

[ 7/10 ] Night on Earth (Screenplay)

1995

[ 7/10 ] Dead Man (Screenplay)

1997

[ ] Coffee and Cigarettes III (Writer)

1999

[ 7/10 ] Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Writer)

2002

[ ] Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (Writer)

2004

[ 6/10 ] Coffee and Cigarettes (Screenplay)

2005

[ 7/10 ] Broken Flowers (Writer)

2009

[ 8/10 ] The Limits of Control (Writer)

2013

[ 8/10 ] Only Lovers Left Alive (Writer)

2016

[ 8/10 ] Paterson (Writer)
[ ] Gimme Danger (Writer)

2019

[ 5/10 ] The Dead Don't Die (Writer)

2021

[ ] French Water (Writer)

2025

[ ] Father Mother Sister Brother (Writer)

????

[ ] Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project (Writer)

Editing

1981

[ 4/10 ] Permanent Vacation (Editor)

1984

[ 7/10 ] Stranger Than Paradise (Editor)

2004

[ 6/10 ] Coffee and Cigarettes (Editor)

Sound

1980

[ ] Underground U.S.A. (Sound Recordist)

1981

[ 4/10 ] Permanent Vacation (Music)

1982

[ ] The State of Things (Music)

1984

[ ] Burroughs: The Movie (Sound Recordist)

2013

[ 8/10 ] Only Lovers Left Alive (Musician)

2016

[ 8/10 ] Paterson (Original Music Composer)

2018

[ ] Living the Light: Robby Müller (Original Music Composer)

2023

[ ] Pre-Prom (Music)

2024

[ ] Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (Original Music Composer)

2025

[ ] Father Mother Sister Brother (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Fathom (Music)

Camera

1981

[ ] You Are Not I (Director of Photography)

1986

[ ] Sleepwalk (Camera Operator)

1997

[ ] Year of the Horse (Director of Photography)

Crew

2025

[ ] A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond (Cinematography)

Actor

1980

[ ] Lightning Over Water (Self (uncredited))

1981

[ ] Only You (????)

1982

[ ] Vortex (Voice Over)

1984

[ ] Fräulein Berlin (himself)
[ ] Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch (Interviewee)
[ ] American Autobahn (Movie Producer)

1985

[ ] The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (????)

1987

[ ] Straight to Hell (Amos Dade)
[ ] Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (Barkeeper #2)

1988

[ ] Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (Self - Audience Member)
[ ] Candy Mountain ((uncredited))

1989

[ ] Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Car Dealer | New York)

1991

[ ] The Golden Boat (Stranger)

1992

[ ] In the Soup (Monty)

1993

[ ] Made in the USA (Self)
[ ] Strummer (????)

1994

[ ] Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (Self)

1995

[ ] Blue in the Face (Bob)
[ ] Iron Horsemen (Silver Rider)

1996

[ 5/10 ] Sling Blade (Frostee Cream Boy)
[ ] The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (Self)
[ ] Cannes Man (Self)

1997

[ ] Year of the Horse (Self)
[ ] R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (????)

1998

[ ] Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (Self)

1999

[ ] In Bad Taste (Self)

2000

[ ] Divine Trash (Self)

2001

[ ] Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me (Himself)
[ ] Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai (????)
[ ] Some Days in January, 1984 (????)

2003

[ ] Rockets Redglare! (Self)
[ ] Chaplin Today: A King in New York (Self)

2004

[ ] Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (Self)
[ ] Ramones: We're Outta Here! (Self)

2005

[ ] Punk: Attitude (Self)
[ ] Excavating Taylor Mead (Self)

2007

[ ] Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (Self)

2009

[ ] No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (Self)
[ ] Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (Self)

2010

[ ] Reel Injun (Self)
[ ] Behind Jim Jarmusch (Self)
[ ] Sodankylä Forever (Self)

2011

[ ] Don't Expect Too Much (Himself)
[ ] Blank City (Self)

2013

[ ] Picasso Baby (Self)
[ ] A Tribute To Ron Asheton (Self)

2014

[ ] Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch (Self)
[ ] Song from the Forest (Himself)

2015

[ ] Hot Sugar's Cold World (Self)

2016

[ ] Gimme Danger (Self (voice))

2017

[ ] Uncle Howard (Self)

2018

[ ] Living the Light: Robby Müller (Self)
[ ] Carmine Street Guitars (Self)
[ ] The Ravenite (Himself)
[ ] Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Self)

2020

[ ] The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady (Self)

2021

[ ] Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself (Himself)

2022

[ ] Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (Self)
[ ] Fragments of Paradise (Self)

2023

[ ] Cinéma Laika (Self)
[ ] Spirit of Golf (Self)

2024

[ ] Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw (Self)