Biographie
Jonathan Demme has directed over 25 films including The Manchurian Candidate, The Truth About Charlie, Beloved, The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won an Academy Award, Philadelphia, Married to the Mob, Something Wild, Swimming to Cambodia and Melvin and Howard, for which he was named Best Director by the New York Film Critics. Additional producing credits include Devil in a Blue Dress, Household Saints, That Thing you Do!, Ulee’s Gold, and Adaptation. Currently, he is in pre-production on his next feature, the ensemble piece Dancing with Shiva, written by Jenny Lumet. Demme’s films have been nominated for 20 Academy Awards. The Silence of the Lambs received five Academy Awards in 1991 – for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay Adaptation.
His films have won screenplay Oscars twice, Melvin and Howard (Best Original Screenplay, 1980) and The Silence of the Lambs (Best Screenplay Adaptation, 1991), and two of the Best Actor awards of the 1990s went to Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, 1991) and Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, 1993), with Jodie Foster receiving the Best Actress award (The Silence of the Lambs, 1991) as well.
A strong advocate of human rights, Demme has produced and directed a number of documentaries about the Haitian plight. He completed The Agronomist, a documentary on the Haitian radio journalist Jean Dominique, who was assassinated on the steps of his radio station. Previously, he directed Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Haiti: Killing the Dream, Tonbe Leve, and Courage and Pain. In addition, he directed the documentary Cousin Bobby, and produced the Academy Award-nominated biography Mandela as well as Into the Rope!, about Double Dutch; The Uttmost, a portrait of producer Kenny Utt; and One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave, about living with AIDS.
He also produced the Peabody Award-winning documentary Beah: A Black Woman Speaks, about the life of Beah Richards, a project which was also Lisa Gay Hamilton’s directorial debut. The Tavis Smiley Show recently featured Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward, a series of portraits directed and produced by Demme of New Orleans residents rebuilding their lives post- Katrina. This extensive footage took another form as a feature length documentary, New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward, which premiered at the Silverdocs Festival in June of 2007.
Demme’s creative talents have also lured him into the music domain. He released the acclaimed concert film Heart of Gold, in 2006, re-teaming with Neil Young, with whom he worked on The Complex Sessions. He also directed the Robyn Hitchcock concert film Storefront Hitchcock as well as the award-winning Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. In addition, Demme has directed music videos for Bruce Springsteen, Les Frères Parent, The Neville Brothers, New Order, KRS-One, and the Feelies, among others. He also produced Konbit, an album of Haitian music.
Participant Productions
Réalisateur
Films | |
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2015 |
Ricki and the Flash |
2014 |
Line of Sight (téléfilm) |
2013 |
A Master Builder |
2008 |
Rachel se marie |
2004 |
Un crime dans la tête |
2002 |
La Vérité sur Charlie |
1998 |
Beloved |
1997 |
Subway Stories (téléfilm) |
1993 |
Philadelphia |
1991 |
Le Silence des agneaux |
1988 |
Famous All Over Town |
Veuve mais pas trop |
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1987 |
Swimming to Cambodia |
1986 |
Dangereuse sous tous rapports |
1984 |
Swing Shift |
1982 |
Who Am I This Time? (téléfilm) |
1980 |
Melvin and Howard |
1979 |
Meurtres en cascade |
1977 |
Citizens Band |
1976 |
Colère froide |
1975 |
Crazy Mama |
1974 |
5 femmes à abattre |
1973 |
Fly Me |
Séries | |
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2018 |
Seven Seconds |
Le Souffle de Brenton (E02) |
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2017 |
Shots Fired |
Le Feu aux poudres (E06) |
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2014 |
The Killing |
Eden (S04E06) |
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2013 |
The Killing |
Reckoning (S03E09) |
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2011 |
A Gifted Man |
Pilot (E01) |
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Enlightened |
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Fantômes solitaires (S01E07) |
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Sandy (S01E06) |
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1987 |
Trying Times |
1984 |
Alive From Off Center |
1978 |
Colombo |
Murder Under Glass (S07E02) |
Documentaires | |
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2016 |
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (concert) |
2015 |
Another Telepathic Thing |
The New Yorker Presents (série) |
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What's Motivating Hayes |
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2012 |
Enzo Avitabile Music Life |
Kenny Chesney: Unstaged |
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2011 |
I'm Carolyn Parker |
Neil Young Journeys (concert) |
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2009 |
Neil Young Trunk Show |
2007 |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains |
2006 |
Neil Young : Heart of Gold (concert) |
2003 |
Jean Dominique, the agronomist |
1998 |
Storefront Hitchcock |
1994 |
The Complex Sessions (concert) |
1992 |
Cousin Bobby |
1990 |
Red Hot and Blue (téléfilm) |
1988 |
Haiti Dreams of Democracy (téléfilm) |
P.O.V. (série) |
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1984 |
Stop Making Sense |
Émissions | |
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1975 |
Saturday Night Live |
Clips musicaux | |
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1994 |
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia |
1985 |
Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City |
Compilations vidéo | |
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2005 |
New Order: A Collection |
Courts métrages | |
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2017 |
The Power of Rock |
Producteur
Films | |
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2014 |
Song One |
2008 |
Rachel se marie |
2004 |
Un crime dans la tête |
2002 |
Adaptation |
La Vérité sur Charlie |
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1998 |
Beloved |
1996 |
That Thing You Do! |
1993 |
Philadelphia |
1991 |
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (téléfilm) |
1990 |
Miami Blues |
1986 |
Dangereuse sous tous rapports |
1972 |
The Hot Box |
1971 |
Angels Hard as They Come |
Documentaires | |
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2012 |
Enzo Avitabile Music Life |
2011 |
I'm Carolyn Parker |
Neil Young Journeys (concert) |
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2009 |
Neil Young Trunk Show |
2007 |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains |
2006 |
Neil Young : Heart of Gold (concert) |
2003 |
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks |
Jean Dominique, the agronomist |
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1998 |
The Uttmost |
1996 |
Mandela |
1994 |
One Foot On a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets From the Dolly Madison Room |
1988 |
Haiti Dreams of Democracy (téléfilm) |
P.O.V. (série) |
Courts métrages | |
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2017 |
The Power of Rock |
Scénariste
Films | |
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2002 |
La Vérité sur Charlie |
1976 |
Colère froide |
1974 |
5 femmes à abattre |
1972 |
The Hot Box |
1971 |
Angels Hard as They Come |
Documentaires | |
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2007 |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains |
1988 |
Haiti Dreams of Democracy (téléfilm) |
1984 |
Stop Making Sense |
Émissions | |
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1975 |
Saturday Night Live |
Acteur
Films | |
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1996 |
That Thing You Do! |
1985 |
Série noire pour une nuit blanche |
1979 |
Meurtres en cascade |
1977 |
Le Monstre qui vient de l'espace |
1976 |
Hollywood Boulevard |
Séries | |
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2000 |
Oz |
Gray Matter (S04E05) |
Documentaires | |
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2022 |
The Directors (série) - i.a. |
Jonathan Demme - i.a. (S07E05) |
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2016 |
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny |
2015 |
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! - narrateur |
2012 |
Pablo |
2011 |
Le Monde de Corman ou les exploits d’un rebelle à Hollywood |
2010 |
Hollywood se déchaine à Manille |
Inside Story: The Silence of the Lambs (téléfilm) |
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2009 |
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB |
2007 |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains |
Zoom In: Stories Behind the Best Independent Films of 2007 |
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2003 |
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' |
2002 |
Biography: Tim Robbins - Playing From the Heart (téléfilm) |
1999 |
Dial H For Hitchcock (téléfilm) |
1998 |
The Uttmost |
1997 |
The Directors (série) |
1996 |
Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band |
1994 |
One Foot On a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets From the Dolly Madison Room |
1987 |
Keskiyön auringon kuvat (téléfilm) |
1982 |
Chambre 666 (téléfilm) |
1977 |
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel |
Participant
Émissions | |
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2004 |
At the Movies |
Tavis Smiley |
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1996 |
Scene by Scene |
1992 |
The 49th Golden Globe Awards |
The 64th Annual Academy Awards |
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1979 |
CBS News Sunday Morning |
Directeur de la photographie
Documentaires | |
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2011 |
I'm Carolyn Parker |
2003 |
Jean Dominique, the agronomist |
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