Who was Jonathan Demme?

Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of film and television who earned widespread acclaim.

Originally beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman, Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 women-in-prison film Caged Heat, before becoming known for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988). His direction of the 1991 psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs (1991) won him the Academy Award for Best Director. His subsequent films earned similar acclaim, notably Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008).

Demme also directed numerous concert films such as Stop Making Sense (1984), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006), and Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016), and worked on several television series as both a producer and director.

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Johnny Rock

He arguably directed two of the best movies in the 1990's 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Philadelphia'.

Richard D. Boyle

Very versatile and very talented.

Russ Dobell

Another one of the "All of these answers" questions. I don't like them even if I get it right because the other choices are inclusive in the "correct" answer, and are therefore correct answers themselves.

Ken Putnam

And the curse of "All are Correct" strikes again

Char

konrad,e too on her..also liked Silence of the Lambs

konrad

The Silence of the lambs was OK, but I adored M;ichelle Pfeiffer in "Married to the mob".

Chris Lee

Johnny Rock, As opposed to arguably didn't direct them? If not he, then who?..lol. "He directed two of the arguably best movies in the 1990's 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Philadelphia'."