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.
28 movies · 2 shows
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024·8.5
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021·7.5
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021·4.5
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016·6.8
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015·5.0
Pablo
2012·6.9
Corman's World
2011·7.0
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010·7.3
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009·8.0
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007·6.5
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005·6.5
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005·0.0
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005·0.0
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005·1.0
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004·4.8
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001·7.3
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999·8.5
That Thing You Do!
1996·6.9
Blood Brothers
1995·8.4
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994·3.7
Cousin Bobby
1992·6.7
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991·6.0
Married to the Mob
1988·6.0
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987·0.0
Into the Night
1985·6.5
Last Embrace
1979·5.4
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978·7.7
The Incredible Melting Man
1977·4.6