Jonathan Demme was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television.
Film Year Title Credited as Notes Director Producer Writer1971Angels Hard as They Come 1972The Hot Box 1973Fly Me Black Mama White Mama Naughty Wives (aka Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman) directed opening sequence1974Caged Heat 1975Crazy Mama 1976Fighting Mad 1977Handle with Care originally titled Citizens Band1979Last Embrace 1980Melvin and Howard 1984Swing Shift 1986Something Wild 1988Married to the Mob 1990Miami Blues 1991The Silence of the Lambs Women & Men 2 1993Philadelphia Amos & Andrew Household Saints 1994Roy Cohn/Jack Smith 1995Devil in a Blue Dress 1996That Thing You Do! 1997Ulee's Gold 1998Beloved Shadrach 1999The Opportunists 2001Maangamizi: The Ancient One 2002The Truth About Charlie The Manchurian Candidate Adaptation. 2006The Goodbye Kiss 2008Rachel Getting Married 2009Crude Independence 2013A Master Builder 2012Gimme the Loot 2014Song One 2015Ricki and the Flash The Center
Documentary Year Title Credited as Notes Director Producer Writer1984Stop Making SenseConcert film; also re-recording supervisor1987Haiti: Dreams of DemocracySwimming to Cambodia Concert film1992Cousin Bobby 1994The Complex Sessions Concert filmOne Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave:Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room 1994 1996Mandela 1998Storefront Hitchcock Concert filmThe Uttmost 2003The AgronomistAlso cinematographerBeah: A Black Woman Speaks 2006Neil Young: Heart of Gold Concert-documentary film; also camera operator2007Man from Plains Also camera operatorRight to Return: New Home Movies From the Lower 9th Ward 2009Neil Young Trunk Show Concert-documentary filmJoe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross released in Issue #10 of Wholphin2010Foul Deeds Pegi Young concert film2011I'm Carolyn Parker Also cinematographerNeil Young Journeys Concert-documentary film2012Kenny Chesney: Unstaged Concert filmEnzo Avitabile Music Life 2013Everett Ruess Wilderness Song 2014Brothers of the Black List Presenter2015Deep Time What's Motivating Hayes Short film; segment in The New Yorker PresentsAnother Telepathic Thing Concert film2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids Concert filmProtection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock Short film2017The Power of Rock Compilation film made of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performances2019Last Disintegrated School 2022Her Magnum Opus Presenter
Television Year Title Credited as Notes Director Writer Producer1978Columbo Episode "Murder Under Glass"1980–86Saturday Night Live 3 episodes1982American Playhouse Episode "Who Am I This Time?"1986Alive from Off Center Episode "Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor" 1987Trying Times Episode "A Family Tree"1997Subway Stories Segment "Subway Car from Hell"1998The Oprah Winfrey Show Episode "The Cast of Beloved"2010Tavis Smiley Reports News program; segment "Been In The Storm Too Long"2011Enlightened 2 episodesA Gifted Man Episode "Pilot"2013–14The Killing 2 episodes2014Line of Sight Unaired pilot2017Shots Fired Episode "Hour Six: The Fire This Time"2018Seven Seconds Episode "Brenton's Breath" (Posthumous release)
Music video Year Title Artist1979"Gidget Goes to Hell" Suburban Lawns1985"Sun City" (with Godley & Creme) Artists United Against Apartheid"Everybody's Young" Sandra Bernhard"The Perfect Kiss" New Order"I Got You Babe" UB40 and Chrissie Hynde1987"Solitude Standing" Suzanne Vega1988"Away" The Feelies1989"Sister Rosa" The Neville Brothers1990"In the Still of the Night" (segment in Red Hot + Blue)1991"Heal Yourself" (executive director; directed with Ted Demme, Fab 5 Freddy, and Pamm Jenkins) H.E.A.L. 1993"Streets of Philadelphia" (with Ted Demme) Bruce Springsteen 1995"Murder Incorporated" 2000"If I Should Fall Behind" 2004"Rich Man's War"Steve Earle
Acting roles Year Title Role Notes1977The Incredible Melting Man Matt Winters1979Last Embrace Man on Train1985Into the Night Federal Agent1996That Thing You Do! Producer of That Thing You Do!Director of Weekend At Party Pier 2000Oz Commercial Director 2015I Thought I Told You to Shut Up Narrator Short documentary
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