Directing · Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA · Born February 22, 1944
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.
MovieThe Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024
as Self
MovieJodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021
as Self
MovieHannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRichard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
as Self
MovieI Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePablo
2012
as Self
MovieCorman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker
MovieInside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010
as Self
MovieBurning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
as Self
MovieJimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007
as Self
MovieJonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005
as Self
MovieThe Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005
as Self
MovieThe Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005
as Self
MovieThe Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005
as Self
MoviePeople Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
as Self
MovieInside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
MovieHitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
TVOz
1997
as Commercial Director
TVScene by Scene
1997
as Self
MovieThat Thing You Do!
1996
as Major Motion Picture Director
MovieBlood Brothers
1995
MovieOne Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994
as Narrator
MovieCousin Bobby
1992
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991
as Self
MovieMarried to the Mob
1988
as Man Getting off Elevator (uncredited)
Midnight Sun Film Festival
1987
MovieInto the Night
1985
as Federal Agent
MovieLast Embrace
1979
as Man on Train (uncredited)
MovieRoger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
as Self
MovieThe Incredible Melting Man
1977
as Matt Winters
