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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1992
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Feature Film · 1991
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1992 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Many Miracles of Household Saints
The Center
Blood Brothers
The Silence of the Lambs
Stop Making Sense
Oz
Columbo
The Killing
Philadelphia
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids
Who Am I This Time?
Phantom Thread
Adaptation.
Seven Seconds
Neil Young Journeys
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Enlightened
Suspiria
Pablo
That Thing You Do!
P.O.V.
Saturday Night Live
The New Yorker Presents
Household Saints
Storefront Hitchcock
Something Wild
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
The Manchurian Candidate
Ulee's Gold
Devil in a Blue Dress
Into the Night
A Gifted Man
Rachel Getting Married
Mandela
Gimme the Loot
The Agronomist
Shadrach
Miami Blues
Married to the Mob
A Master Builder
Vox Lux
Ricki and the Flash
Beloved
Shots Fired
Song One
Swing Shift
Crazy Mama
Amos & Andrew