2017Nominee
Best Performance
Phantom Thread
Jonathan Demme
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
February 22, 1944
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2002Nominee
Best Picture
Adaptation.
1996Nominee
Best Director
That Thing You Do!
Career Highlights
2018Highlight
Best Performance
Suspiria
1991Highlight
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs