Film Director

Jonathan Demme

1944 - 2017

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His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2024). Jonathan Demme is the 138th most popular film director (up from 147th in 2024), the 1,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 980th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Film Director.

Jonathan Demme is most famous for directing the movie The Silence of the Lambs.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Jonathan Demme ranks 138 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Cimino, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Grotowski, George A. Romero, Peter Greenaway, and Terrence Malick. After him are Jiří Menzel, Michael Powell, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Sergei Bondarchuk, Volker Schlöndorff, and Bille August.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jonathan Demme ranks 77. Before him are Antonio Damasio, Askar Akayev, Sylvie Vartan, Luigi Riva, Kunishige Kamamoto, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel. After him are David J. Wineland, Marc Ouellet, R. Lee Ermey, Raymond Moody, Udo Kier, and Rudy Giuliani. Among people deceased in 2017, Jonathan Demme ranks 52. Before him are Albert Speer, Kenneth Arrow, George A. Romero, Derek Walcott, Ryke Geerd Hamer, and Emma Morano. After him are Malcolm Young, John Surtees, Oliver Smithies, Adnan Khashoggi, Sam Shepard, and Hiroto Muraoka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Demme ranks 1,203 out of NaN. Before him are Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Terrence Malick (1943), Harold Lasswell (1902), Jennifer Connelly (1970), and James Gandolfini (1961). After him are Stanley Milgram (1933), Michael Crichton (1942), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Lionel Richie (1949), Shawn Michaels (1965), and Ted Kennedy (1932).

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Among Film Directors In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jonathan Demme ranks 43. Before him are James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), David Fincher (1962), Michael Cimino (1939), George A. Romero (1940), and Terrence Malick (1943). After him are Jim Jarmusch (1953), Robert Benton (1932), Don Siegel (1912), Tom Holland (1943), Spike Lee (1957), and Robert Rodriguez (1968).

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