Jonathan Demme
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Caged Heat (1974)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Jonathan Demme, Barbara Steele, Erica Gavin
- The definitve women–in–prison movie – directed with economy, flair and atypical integrity (for the genre) by a fledgling Jonathan…
- Melvin and Howard (1980)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Paul Le Mat, Jason Sr. Robards
- Low–key gem of a road–movie in which yokel Paul Le Mat (AMERICAN GRAFFITI) rescues a grizzled tramp on a desert highway one night, who…
- Stop Making Sense (1983)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
- 'Talking Heads' came to their commercial and artistic summit with this live show and the accompanying album. One of the great rock music achievements…
- Something Wild (1986)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta
- The then–hip Melanie Griffith takes conservative Jeff Daniels on a crash course in carefree living and kinky sex. But the fun turns to terror…
- Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Spalding Gray
- Recounting his experiences in Thailand, while acting in THE KILLING FIELDS, arch–raconteur Spalding Gray whips up a verbal storm, with Laurie…
- Married to the Mob (1988)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dean Stockwell, Matthew Modine
- Michelle Pfeiffer becomes involved with Dean Stockwell, Matthew Modine and a comically dicey mafia plot.
- New Order - A Collection (1989)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme, Kathryn Bigelow
- Definitive compilation of New Order videos, from 'Confusion' to 'Waiting for the siren's call', including clips directed by Jonathan Demme and…
- Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn…
- Celebrated adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel follows the hunt of a gruesome serial killer by a rookie cop (Jodie Foster), 'aided' by an incarcerated…
- Philadelphia (1993)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
- First major Hollywood AIDS movie is more concerned with prejudice than the disease itself, and is effective in its aim to educate as much as…
- Storefront Hitchcock (1997)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
- Jonathan Demme's theatrically–released concert film of Robyn Hitchcock, one of contemporary music's most endearing (and brilliant) cult…