Jonathan Demme filmography
Jonathan Demme was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television.
Film
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | |||
| 1971 | Angels Hard as They Come | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1972 | The Hot Box | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1973 | Black Mama White Mama | Story | |||
| Naughty Wives | directed opening sequence[1] | ||||
| 1974 | Caged Heat | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Yes | |||
| 1976 | Fighting Mad | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1977 | Handle with Care | Yes | originally titled Citizens Band | ||
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Yes | |||
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Yes | |||
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Yes | |||
| 1986 | Something Wild | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1987 | Swimming to Cambodia | Yes | Concert film | ||
| 1988 | Married to the Mob | Yes | |||
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Yes | [2][3] | ||
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1998 | Beloved | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2008 | Rachel Getting Married | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2013 | A Master Builder | Yes | |||
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Yes | |||
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Executive producer
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Producer
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Second unit director
- Fly Me (1972)
- The Hot Box (1972)
Documentary
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | |||
| 1984 | Stop Making Sense | Yes | Yes | Concert film; also re-recording supervisor | |
| 1987 | Haiti: Dreams of Democracy | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1992 | Cousin Bobby | Yes | |||
| 1994 | The Complex Sessions | Yes | Concert 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 | Yes | Concert film | ||
| The Uttmost | Yes | ||||
| 2003 | The Agronomist | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also cinematographer |
| Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Yes | ||||
| 2006 | Neil Young: Heart of Gold | Yes | Concert-documentary film; also camera operator | ||
| 2007 | Man from Plains | Yes | Yes | Also camera operator | |
| Right to Return: New Home Movies From the Lower 9th Ward[5] | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2009 | Neil Young Trunk Show | Yes | Concert-documentary film | ||
| Joe and Linda Flooded Out of Holy Cross | Yes | released in Issue #10 of Wholphin | |||
| 2010 | Foul Deeds | Yes | Pegi Young concert film[6] | ||
| 2011 | I'm Carolyn Parker[7] | Yes | Yes | Also cinematographer | |
| Neil Young Journeys | Yes | Yes | Concert-documentary film | ||
| 2012 | Kenny Chesney: Unstaged[8] | Yes | Concert film | ||
| Enzo Avitabile Music Life[9] | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2013 | Everett Ruess Wilderness Song[10] | Yes | |||
| 2014 | Brothers of the Black List[11] | Yes | Presenter | ||
| 2015 | Deep Time[12] | Yes | |||
| What's Motivating Hayes[13] | Yes | Short film; segment in The New Yorker Presents | |||
| Another Telepathic Thing[14] | Yes | Concert film | |||
| 2016 | Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids[15] | Yes | Concert film | ||
| Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock[16] | Yes | Short film | |||
| 2017 | The Power of Rock[17] | Yes | Yes | Compilation film made of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performances | |
| 2019 | Last Disintegrated School[18] | Yes | |||
| 2022 | Her Magnum Opus[19] | Yes | Presenter | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | |||
| 1978 | Columbo | Yes | Episode "Murder Under Glass" | ||
| 1980–86 | Saturday Night Live[20] | Yes | Yes | 3 episodes | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Yes | Episode "Who Am I This Time?" | ||
| 1986 | Alive from Off Center | Yes | Episode "Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor" [21] | ||
| 1987 | Trying Times | Yes | Episode "A Family Tree" | ||
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Yes | Yes | Segment "Subway Car from Hell" | |
| 1998 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Yes | Episode "The Cast of Beloved" | ||
| 2010 | Tavis Smiley Reports | Yes | News show; segment "Been In The Storm Too Long"[22] | ||
| 2011 | Enlightened[4] | Yes | 2 episodes | ||
| A Gifted Man[4] | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" | ||
| 2013–14 | The Killing[23] | Yes | 2 episodes | ||
| 2014 | Line of Sight[24] | Yes | Yes | Unaired pilot | |
| 2017 | Shots Fired[15] | Yes | Episode "Hour Six: The Fire This Time" | ||
| 2018 | Seven Seconds | Yes | Episode "Brenton's Breath" (Posthumous release) | ||
Music video
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Title[25] | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| 2000 | Oz | Commercial Director[4] | |
| 2015 | I Thought I Told You to Shut Up | Narrator[32] | Short documentary |
References
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan. "Jonathan Demme obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ Pristin, Terry (March 31, 1992). "'Silence of the Lambs' Sweeps 5 Major Oscars". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ "Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director of 'Silence of the Lambs,' Dies at 73". The Hollywood Reporter. April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Jonathan Demme Biography & Filmography". Hollywood.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ Kapsis, Robert, ed. (January 1, 2001). "introduction". Jonathan Demme:Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. xiv. ISBN 978-1-60473-118-7.
- ^ "Music Review: Pegi Young – Foul Deeds (Limited Edition CD/DVD)". Blogcritics.org. September 2, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "A Steely Fighter From the City That Care Forgot". New York Times. September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Enzo Avitabile Music Life". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Everett Ruess Wilderness Song". cultureunplugged.com. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Farewell, My Brother: A Tribute to Jonathan Demme". Advocate. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Deep Time". sxsw.com. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "What's Motivating Hayes". Mountainfilm.org. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Another Telepathic Thing". burnsfilmcenter.org. April 27, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock". rockhall.com. December 10, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "Power of Rock Experience". rockhall.com. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "Last Disintegrated School". imdb.com. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "Her Magnum Opus, a feature film by Marta Renzi". Hermagnumopus.com. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director of 'Silence of the Lambs,' Dies at 73". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "You Can Still See Her: The Art of Trish Brown". Artforum. January 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "Smiley, Demme return for update on recovery". The Times. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "The Killing gets it exactly right in season four, just in time to end". AV Club. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Jonathan Demme To Direct AMC Pilot 'Line Of Sight'". Deadline. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Jonathan Demme". BFI. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Jonathan Demme Directed One of the Greatest Live Music Videos of All-Time for New Order". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ Lieberman, Josh. "The Feelies at Maxwell's". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ^ "A Comprehensive Guide to Jonathan Demme's Top Musical Moments". April 26, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself [MV]". Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "Bruce Springsteen – The Complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000". Discogs. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.