Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944) is an American film director, producer and writer. He was born in Baldwin, New York.

Demme won the Academy Award for Directing for The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.

Filmography

• Caged Heat (1974)
• Crazy Mama (1975)
• Fighting Mad (1976)
• Handle with Care (1977)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• Melvin and Howard (1980)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads concert film ) (1984)
• Something Wild (1986)
• Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Philadelphia (1993)
• Beloved (1998)
• The Truth About Charlie (2002)
• The Agronomist (2003)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)