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Jonathan Demme was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television.
Early films. Demme broke into feature film working for exploitation film producer Roger Corman early in his career, co-writing and producing Angels Hard as They Come (1971), a motorcycle movie very loosely based on Rashomon, [8] and The Hot Box (1972).
Director Jonathan Demme's smart, taut thriller teeters on the edge between psychological study and all-out horror, and benefits greatly from stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
Jonathan Demme was born on 22 February 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Philadelphia (1993).
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- ‘Caged Heat’ (1974) Like a lot of filmmakers from his generation, Demme got his start with King of the B’s Roger Corman, as a writer and producer helping to churn out biker flicks and other cheapo exploitation movies on the schlockmeister’s assembly line.
- ‘Citizen’s Band (Handle With Care)’ (1977) You can almost hear the pitch: “Jonathan, these CB radios are the rage with the kids! Give us a movie that capitalizes on this fad stat!”
- ‘Last Embrace’ (1979) Long before he’d put Clarice Starling through her paces, Demme tried his hand at a Hitchcockian thriller involving [deep breath] Roy Scheider, Christopher Walken, a femme fatale, government agents, the American Museum of Natural History, a white-slavery ring and a do-or-die vendetta that does not end well.
- ‘Melvin and Howard’ (1980) Meet down-on-his-luck Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat), a man who has suffered various indignities: a lost job, a repossessed truck, a long-gone stripper-wife.
1. The Silence of the Lambs. 1991 1h 58m R. 8.6 (1.6M) Rate. 86 Metascore. A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. Director Jonathan Demme Stars Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn. 2. Philadelphia. 1993 2h 5m PG-13.
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Apr 26, 2017 · 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.
