Jonathan Demme

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documentary filmmaker film director film producer human screenwriter

Jonathan Demme was an American film director best known for his eclectic body of work, including the Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" and acclaimed music documentaries like "Stop Making Sense."

Aliases (1)

Robert Jonathan Demme ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	documentary filmmaker → film director → film producer → human → screenwriter →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Director →
awardReceivedForWork	Academy Award for Best Director for The Silence of the Lambs →
burialPlace	Bard College Cemetery (implied; check exact) →
causeOfDeath	esophageal cancer → heart disease →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1944-02-22 →
dateOfDeath	2017-04-26 →
directed	A Master Builder → Beloved (1998 film) → Caged Heat → Citizens Band → Handle with Care (1977 film) → Married to the Mob → Melvin and Howard → Neil Young: Heart of Gold → Philadelphia → Rachel Getting Married → Something Wild → Stop Making Sense → Swimming to Cambodia → The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film) → The Silence of the Lambs →
familyName	Demme →
fullName	Robert Jonathan Demme →
genreSpecialization	drama films → music documentaries → thriller films →
givenName	Jonathan → Robert →
notableCollaboration	Anthony Hopkins → Denzel Washington → Jodie Foster → Neil Young → Talking Heads →
notableWork	Married to the Mob → Melvin and Howard → Neil Young: Heart of Gold → Philadelphia → Rachel Getting Married → Something Wild → Stop Making Sense → Swimming to Cambodia → The Silence of the Lambs →
occupation	documentary filmmaker → film director → film producer → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	Baldwin, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adaptation → That Thing You Do! →	producer
Beloved →	adaptationDirector
The Silence of the Lambs →	director
A Gifted Man →	executiveProducer
Jonathan Demme ("Robert Jonathan Demme") →	fullName
Streets of Philadelphia →	musicVideoDirector
Scott Glenn →	workedWith