Directing

Jonathan Demme

1944–2017 · Directing

63.8avg grm

19titles

#27best rank

3honors

best title · #27 on siteThe Silence of the Lambs1991 · as Director84.7

Honors

3

1992Academy Award — Best Director

1991Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

—National Board of Review Award — Best Film

Bio

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2010s7 titles

Seven Seconds2018 · as Director · series62.3 S

Shots Fired2017 · as Director · series63.0 J

Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids2016 · as Director59.0 R

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny2016 · as Self - Filmmaker57.9 K

The Killing2011 · as Director · series66.7 A

A Gifted Man2011 · as Director · series64.7 E

Enlightened2011 · as Director · series63.8

2000s4 titles

Neil Young: Trunk Show2009 · as Director58.5 J

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains2007 · as Director57.3 N

Neil Young: Heart of Gold2006 · as Director59.8 A

The Agronomist2003 · as Director58.0

1990s2 titles

Philadelphia1993 · as Director73.1 S

The Silence of the Lambs1991 · as Director84.7

1980s4 titles

P.O.V.1988 · as Director · series63.8 S

Swimming to Cambodia1987 · as Director59.0 S

Stop Making Sense1984 · as Director74.4 A

American Playhouse1980 · as Director · series64.0

1970s2 titles

Arena1975 · as Director · series63.9 C

Columbo1971 · as Director · series59.5

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Jonathan Demme

J

born1944

died2017

known forDirecting

titles on site19

best title rank#27 · The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

avg GRM63.8

honors3 · Academy Award — Best Director, 1992

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2010s

7 titles

62.3Seven Seconds2018 · as Director · series S

63.0Shots Fired2017 · as Director · series J

59.0Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids2016 · as Director R

57.9Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny2016 · as Self - Filmmaker K

66.7The Killing2011 · as Director · series A

64.7A Gifted Man2011 · as Director · series E

63.8Enlightened2011 · as Director · series

2000s

4 titles

58.5Neil Young: Trunk Show2009 · as Director J

57.3Jimmy Carter Man from Plains2007 · as Director N

59.8Neil Young: Heart of Gold2006 · as Director A

58.0The Agronomist2003 · as Director

1990s

2 titles

73.1Philadelphia1993 · as Director S

84.7The Silence of the Lambs1991 · as Director

1980s

4 titles

63.8P.O.V.1988 · as Director · series S

59.0Swimming to Cambodia1987 · as Director S

74.4Stop Making Sense1984 · as Director A

64.0American Playhouse1980 · as Director · series

1970s

2 titles

63.9Arena1975 · as Director · series C

59.5Columbo1971 · as Director · series

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