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Jonathan Demme   

501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers

Director / Producer / Screenwriter
1944 - 
Born February 22, Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Key Genres: Drama, Comedy, Thriller  TSPDT Rating: 7
Key Collaborators: Tak Fujimoto (Cinematographer), Craig McKay (Editor), Kristi Zea (Production Designer), Edward Saxon (Producer), Robert Ridgeley (Character Player), Kenneth Utt (Producer), Carol Littleton (Editor), John Cale (Composer), Paul Le Mat (Leading Player), Bo Goldman (Screenwriter)
Highly Recommended: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Recommended: Who Am I This Time? (1982), Something Wild (1986), Philadelphia (1993)
Worth a Look: Citizen's Band (1977), Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Stop Making Sense (1984), Swimming to Cambodia (1987), Married to the Mob (1988), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2005)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ TCMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide[ Senses of Cinema: Great Directors ] [ Film Reference ] [ Guardian Unlimited Interview ] [ Wikipedia ] [ Demme Profile ] [ Movie Maker Interview ] [ BBC: Calling the Shots ]
Books: [ Jonathan Demme: Interviews ] [ What Goes Around Comes Around: The Films of Jonathan Demme ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
1,000 Greatest Films: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films: Rachel Getting Married (2008)

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