Jonathan Demme filmography

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Jonathan Demme was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television.

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Film

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorProducerWriter
1971 Angels Hard as They Come YesYes
1972 The Hot Box YesYes
1973 Black Mama White Mama Story
Naughty Wivesdirected opening sequence [1]
1974 Caged Heat YesYes
1975 Crazy Mama Yes
1976 Fighting Mad YesYes
1977 Handle with Care Yesoriginally titled Citizens Band
1979 Last Embrace Yes
1980 Melvin and Howard Yes
1984 Swing Shift Yes
1986 Something Wild YesYes
1987 Swimming to Cambodia YesConcert film
1988 Married to the Mob Yes
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Yes [2] [3]
1993 Philadelphia YesYes
1998 Beloved YesYes
2002 The Truth About Charlie YesYesYes
2004 The Manchurian Candidate YesYes
2008 Rachel Getting Married YesYes
2013 A Master Builder Yes
2015 Ricki and the Flash Yes

Executive producer

Producer

Second unit director

Documentary

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorProducerWriter
1984 Stop Making Sense YesYesConcert film; also re-recording supervisor
1987Haiti: Dreams of DemocracyYesYesYes
1992 Cousin Bobby Yes
1994The Complex SessionsYesConcert film
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave:
Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room 1994
[4]
Yes
1996 Mandela Yes
1998 Storefront Hitchcock YesConcert film
The UttmostYes
2003 The Agronomist YesYesYesAlso cinematographer
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Yes
2006 Neil Young: Heart of Gold YesConcert-documentary film; also camera operator
2007 Man from Plains YesYesAlso camera operator
Right to Return: New Home Movies From the Lower 9th Ward [5] YesYes
2009 Neil Young Trunk Show YesConcert-documentary film
Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy CrossYesreleased in Issue #10 of Wholphin
2010Foul DeedsYes Pegi Young concert film [6]
2011I'm Carolyn Parker [7] YesYesAlso cinematographer
Neil Young Journeys YesYesConcert-documentary film
2012Kenny Chesney: Unstaged [8] YesConcert film
Enzo Avitabile Music Life [9] YesYes
2013Everett Ruess Wilderness Song [10] Yes
2014Brothers of the Black List [11] YesPresenter
2015Deep Time [12] Yes
What's Motivating Hayes [13] YesShort film; segment in The New Yorker Presents
Another Telepathic Thing [14] YesConcert film
2016 Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids [15] YesConcert film
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock [16] YesShort film
2017The Power of Rock [17] YesYesCompilation film made of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performances
2019Last Disintegrated School [18] Yes
2022Her Magnum Opus [19] YesPresenter

Television

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorWriterProducer
1978 Columbo YesEpisode "Murder Under Glass"
1980–86 Saturday Night Live [20] YesYes3 episodes
1982 American Playhouse YesEpisode "Who Am I This Time?"
1986 Alive from Off Center YesEpisode "Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor" [21]
1987 Trying Times YesEpisode "A Family Tree"
1997 Subway Stories YesYesSegment "Subway Car from Hell"
1998 The Oprah Winfrey Show YesEpisode "The Cast of Beloved"
2010 Tavis Smiley Reports YesNews show; segment "Been In The Storm Too Long" [22]
2011 Enlightened [4] Yes2 episodes
A Gifted Man [4] YesYesEpisode "Pilot"
2013–14 The Killing [23] Yes2 episodes
2014 Line of Sight' [24] YesYesUnaired pilot
2017 Shots Fired [15] YesEpisode "Hour Six: The Fire This Time"
2018 Seven Seconds YesEpisode "Brenton's Breath" (Posthumous release)

Music video

YearTitleArtist
1979"Gidget Goes to Hell" Suburban Lawns
1985"Sun City" (with Godley & Creme) Artists United Against Apartheid
"Everybody's Young" Sandra Bernhard
"The Perfect Kiss" [25] New Order
"I Got You Babe" [26] UB40 and Chrissie Hynde
1987"Solitude Standing" Suzanne Vega
1988"Away" The Feelies [27]
1989"Sister Rosa" [28] The Neville Brothers
1990"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. [29]
1993"Streets of Philadelphia" (with Ted Demme) Bruce Springsteen
1995"Murder Incorporated" [25]
2000"If I Should Fall Behind" [30]
2004"Rich Man's War" [31] Steve Earle

Acting roles

YearTitle [25] RoleNotes
1977 The Incredible Melting Man Matt Winters
1979 Last Embrace Man on Train
1985 Into the Night Federal Agent
1996 That Thing You Do! Producer of That Thing You Do!
Director of Weekend At Party Pier
2000 Oz Commercial Director [4]
2015 I Thought I Told You to Shut Up Narrator [32] Short documentary

References

  1. Gilbey, Ryan. "Jonathan Demme obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  2. Pristin, Terry (March 31, 1992). "'Silence of the Lambs' Sweeps 5 Major Oscars". Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  3. "Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director of 'Silence of the Lambs,' Dies at 73" . Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jonathan Demme Biography & Filmography". Hollywood.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  5. Kapsis, Robert, ed. (January 1, 2001). "introduction". Jonathan Demme:Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. xiv. ISBN   978-1-60473-118-7.
  6. "Music Review: Pegi Young – Foul Deeds (Limited Edition CD/DVD)". Blogcritics.org. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  7. "A Steely Fighter From the City That Care Forgot". New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  8. Freemen, Jon (April 26, 2017). "Kenny Chesney: 'Jonathan Demme Understood How to Capture Music on Film'". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  9. "Enzo Avitabile Music Life". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  10. . cultureunplugged.com https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/53538/everett-ruess-wilderness-song . Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/4/28/farewell-my-brother-tribute-jonathan-demme%7Ctitle=Farewell, My Brother: A Tribute to Jonathan Demme|publisher=Advocate|access-date=August 30, 2025
  12. . sxsw.com https://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/2015/events/event_FS18045 . Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "What's Motivating Hayes". Mountainfilm.org. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  14. "Another Telepathic Thing". burnsfilmcenter.org. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  15. 1 2 Lang, Brent; Dagan, Carmel (April 26, 2017). "Jonathan Demme, Silence of the Lambs director, dies at 73". Variety . Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  16. "Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock". rockhall.com. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  17. "Power of Rock Experience". rockhall.com. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  18. . imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10013748/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_4_cdt_t_1 . Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  20. "Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director of 'Silence of the Lambs,' Dies at 73". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  21. "YOU CAN STILL SEE HER: THE ART OF TRISHA BROWN". Artforum. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  22. "Smiley, Demme return for update on recovery". The Times . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  23. "The Killing gets it exactly right in season four, just in time to end". AV Club. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  24. "Jonathan Demme To Direct AMC Pilot 'Line Of Sight'". Deadline. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  25. 1 2 3 "Jonathan Demme". BFI. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  26. "Jonathan Demme Directed One of the Greatest Live Music Videos of All-Time for New Order". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  27. Lieberman, Josh. "The Feelies at Maxwell's". The Paris Review . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  28. "A Comprehensive Guide to Jonathan Demme's Top Musical Moments" . Retrieved August 29, 2025.{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  29. "H.E.A.L.: HEAL YOURSELF [MV]" . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  30. . Discogs https://www.discogs.com/release/2294461-Bruce-Springsteen-The-Complete-Video-Anthology-1978-2000 . Retrieved August 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  31. "Oscar-Winning Director Jonathan Demme to Interview Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter Steve Earle at The New York Public Library, January 14th". Top40-Charts. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  32. "Jonathan Demme Narrates I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!," a Short Film About the Counterculture Cartoon Reid Fleming". Open Culture. April 26, 2017. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.