Biography
James Robert "Jim" Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) is an American writer-director and musician. Jarmusch has been a major figure in American independent cinema since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on "Dead Man" (1995), "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999), "Broken Flowers" (2005), and "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013).
Awards & recognition
- Officer of Arts and Letters · 2016
- Carrosse d'or · 2008
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 2005
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 1996
- Short Film Palme d'Or · 1993
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- Film Independent Spirit Awards · 1987
- Caméra d'Or · 1984
- Golden Leopard · 1984
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 2005 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
What We Do in the Shadows
The Simpsons
Song from the Forest
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
SpongeBob SquarePants
Fishing with John
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Night on Earth
Bored to Death
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Dead Man
Mystery Train
Down by Law
Carmine Street Guitars
Only Lovers Left Alive
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Stranger Than Paradise
Paterson
Blank City
Punk: Attitude
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Reel Injun
Burroughs: The Movie
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Gimme Danger
Broken Flowers
Coffee and Cigarettes
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Living the Light: Robby Müller
In the Soup
You Are Not I
Lightning Over Water
Fragments of Paradise
Explicit Ills
Blue in the Face
Father Mother Sister Brother
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
Candy Mountain
Sleepwalk
Don't Expect Too Much
The Limits of Control
Permanent Vacation
Porto
Cannes Man
Straight to Hell
The Dead Don't Die
When Pigs Fly
V.I.P.
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
The Ravenite