Jonathan Demme filmography explained

Jonathan Demme was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television

Film

Year TitleCredited as Notes
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1971Angels Hard as They Come
1972The Hot Box
1973Black Mama White Mama
1974Caged Heat
1975Crazy Mama
1976Fighting Mad
1977Handle with Careoriginally titled Citizens Band
1979Last Embrace
1980Melvin and Howard
1984Swing Shift
1986Something Wild
1987Swimming to CambodiaConcert film
1988Married to the Mob
1991The Silence of the Lambs[1] [2]
1993Philadelphia
1998Beloved
2002The Truth About Charlie
2004The Manchurian Candidate
2008Rachel Getting Married
2013A Master Builder
2015Ricki and the Flash
Executive producer Producer

Second unit director

Documentary

YearTitle Credited as Notes
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1984Stop Making Sense
1987Haiti: Dreams of Democracy
1992Cousin Bobby
1994The Complex Sessions
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave:
Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room 1994[3]
1996Mandela
1998Storefront Hitchcock
2003The AgronomistAlso cinematographer
2006
2007Man from Plains
Right to Return: New Home Movies From the Lower 9th Ward[4]
2009Neil Young Trunk Show
2011I'm Carolyn Parker[5] Also cinematographer
2012Neil Young Journeys
Enzo Avitabile Music Life[6]
2015What's Motivating Hayes[7] Short film
2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids[8]

Television

YearTitle Credited as Notes
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1978ColumboEpisode "Murder Under Glass"
1980–86Saturday Night Live[9] 3 episodes
1982American PlayhouseEpisode "Who Am I This Time?"
1987Trying TimesEpisode "A Family Tree"
1997Subway StoriesSegment "Subway Car from Hell"
2011Enlightened2 episodes
A Gifted ManEpisode "Pilot"
2013–14The Killing[10] 2 episodes
2017Shots FiredEpisode "Hour Six: The Fire This Time"
2018Seven SecondsEpisode "Brenton's Breath" (Posthumous release)

Music video

YearTitleArtist
1979"Gidget Goes to Hell"Suburban Lawns
1985"The Perfect Kiss"[11] New Order
"Everybody's Young"Sandra Bernhard
1987"Solitude Standing"Suzanne Vega
1988"Away"The Feelies[12]
1995"Murder Incorporated"Bruce Springsteen

Acting roles

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977The Incredible Melting ManMatt Winters
1979Last EmbraceMan on Train
1985Into the NightFederal Agent
1996That Thing You Do!Producer of That Thing You Do!
Director of Weekend At Party Pier
2000OzCommercial Director
2015I Thought I Told You to Shut UpNarrator[13] Short documentary

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pristin. Terry. 'Silence of the Lambs' Sweeps 5 Major Oscars. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. March 15, 2014. March 31, 1992.
  2. Web site: Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director of 'Silence of the Lambs,' Dies at 73. April 26, 2017.
  3. News: Jonathan Demme Biography & Filmography. Hollywood.com. April 27, 2017.
  4. Book: Kapsis . Robert . Jonathan Demme:Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi . January 1, 2001 . xiv . introduction . 978-1-60473-118-7.
  5. News: A Steely Fighter From the City That Care Forgot. New York Times. April 27, 2017.
  6. Web site: Enzo Avitabile Music Life. RogerEbert.com. April 27, 2017.
  7. Web site: What's Motivating Hayes. Mountainfilm.org. April 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428142240/https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/what%E2%80%99s-motivating-hayes. April 28, 2017. dead.
  8. News: Brent . Lang . Carmel . Dagan . Jonathan Demme, Silence of the Lambs director, dies at 73 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170426185021/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jonathan-demme-dead-silence-of-the-lambs-1202399122/ . live . April 26, 2017 . April 26, 2017 . April 26, 2017 .
  9. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director of 'Silence of the Lambs,' Dies at 73. The Hollywood Reporter. April 27, 2017.
  10. News: The Killing gets it exactly right in season four, just in time to end. AV Club. April 27, 2017.
  11. Web site: Jonathan Demme. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416093548/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba143d8d9. dead. April 16, 2016. BFI. April 27, 2017.
  12. Web site: Lieberman. Josh. The Feelies at Maxwell's. The Paris Review. February 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303040509/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/07/16/the-feelies-at-maxwells/. March 3, 2016. dead.
  13. Web site: Jonathan Demme Narrates I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!," a Short Film About the Counterculture Cartoon Reid Fleming. Open Culture. April 26, 2017. February 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124513/http://www.openculture.com/2017/04/jonathan-demme-narrates-i-thought-i-told-you-to-shut-up-a-short-film-about-the-counterculture-cartoon-reid-fleming.html. February 9, 2019. dead.

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