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Jonathan Demme

1944 - 2017

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Robert Jonathan Demme ( DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. He was an Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award winner, and received nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Independent Spirit Awards. Beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman, Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 women-in-prison film Caged Heat, before becoming known for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988). His 1991 psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs, based on the novel of the same title, won five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Demme is the 138th most popular film director (up from 147th in 2019), the 1,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 980th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Film Director.

Jonathan Demme is most famous for directing the movie The Silence of the Lambs.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jonathan Demme ranks 138 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Cimino, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Grotowski, George A. Romero, Peter Greenaway, and Terrence Malick. After him are Jiří Menzel, Michael Powell, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Sergei Bondarchuk, Volker Schlöndorff, and Bille August.

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Among people born in 1944, Jonathan Demme ranks 77. Before him are Antonio Damasio, Askar Akayev, Sylvie Vartan, Luigi Riva, Kunishige Kamamoto, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel. After him are David J. Wineland, Marc Ouellet, R. Lee Ermey, Raymond Moody, Udo Kier, and Rudy Giuliani. Among people deceased in 2017, Jonathan Demme ranks 52. Before him are Albert Speer, Kenneth Arrow, George A. Romero, Derek Walcott, Ryke Geerd Hamer, and Emma Morano. After him are Malcolm Young, John Surtees, Oliver Smithies, Adnan Khashoggi, Sam Shepard, and Hiroto Muraoka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Demme ranks 1,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Terrence Malick (1943), Harold Lasswell (1902), Jennifer Connelly (1970), and James Gandolfini (1961). After him are Stanley Milgram (1933), Michael Crichton (1942), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Lionel Richie (1949), Shawn Michaels (1965), and Ted Kennedy (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jonathan Demme ranks 39. Before him are D. W. Griffith (1875), and Michael Cimino (1939). After him are Frances Marion (1888), Ed Wood (1924), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Joel Schumacher (1939), Gordon Parks (1912), Don Siegel (1912), Blake Edwards (1922), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Henry Hathaway (1898), and Chris Columbus (1958).

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