Robert Jonathan Demme (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).
Born Name: | Robert Jonathan Demme |
Born: | Feb 22, 1944 in Baldwin,Long Island, NY, United States |
Died: | Apr 26, 2017 |
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