Jonathan Demme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jonathan Demme

American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Baldwin, New York, United States

Date of Death: 26-Apr-2017

Profession: screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, film score composer, film director, film producer, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Robert Jonathan Demme ( DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter.
He is best known for directing the psychological horror The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director.
He also directed Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), the concert film Stop Making Sense (1984), Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008).