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  1. Jonathan Demme. Director: The Silence of the Lambs. 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).

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, Baldwin, New York, U.S.—died April 26, 2017, New York City) was an American film director who was known for his eclectic body of work, which ranged from feature films to concert movies to documentaries. Demme’s first foray into the world of movies was as a film critic for the student paper at the ...

  3. Apr 26, 2017 · Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, whose Oscar-winning thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” terrified audiences and introduced one of the most indelible villains in movie history, died Wednesday morning ...

  4. Apr 26, 2017 · Jonathan Demme was the kindest, most generous and most nurturing colleague I’ve ever had,” Tally tells Rolling Stone. “As great as he was as an artist, he was even greater as a human being.

  5. Apr 26, 2017 · Jonathan Demme speaks with an interviewer at a 25th anniversary showing of The Silence of the Lambs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City last year. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption

  6. Apr 26, 2017 · News. The American director Jonathan Demme, who won the Oscar for best director for The Silence of the Lambs, has died aged 73. Born in New York, Demme began his film career under the aegis of producer Roger Corman, for whom he directed a succession of striking exploitation films during the 1970s, including Black Mama White Mama (1973), Caged ...

  7. Apr 27, 2017 · Jonathan Demme entered my consciousness as a filmmaker by my father drawing attention to the scene in “Philadelphia” where a dying Tom Hanks explains his favorite aria to Denzel Washington. It is a ravishing moment, full of beauty and sorrow both in Maria Callas’ voice on the soundtrack and Hanks and Washington’s faces as the cruelty of mortality wash over them.