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Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. His career of directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. In addition to being an Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award winner, he received nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Independent Spirit Awards.
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Born 22 February 1944 · Died 26 April 2017 · Q48987
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I am heart-broken to lose a friend, a mentor, a guy so singular and dynamic you'd have to design a hurricane to contain him. Jonathan was as quirky as his comedies and as deep as his dramas. He was pure energy, the unstoppable cheerleader for anyone creative. Just as passionate about music as he was about art, he was and will always be a champion of the soul. JD, most beloved, something wild, brother of love, director of the lambs. Love that guy. Love him so much.
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“We didn’t want to make a film that would appeal to an audience of people like us, who already had a predisposition for caring about people with Aids. We wanted to reach the people who couldn’t care less about people with Aids. That was our target audience.”
Yahoo: Jonathan Demme’s ‘Married to the Mob’ Arrives on 4K: Why His Pre-‘Silence of the Lambs’ Crime Comedy Is a Must-See
Los Angeles Times: New Jonathan Demme biography spotlights director’s clashes with powerful stars — and his humanity
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The Guardian: Letters: Jonathan Demme obituary
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The Guardian: David Byrne pays tribute to Jonathan Demme: 'He was open, warm and energetic'
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The Guardian: Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73
brooklynvegan: filmmaker Jonathan Demme, RIP (read tributes from David Byrne, Robyn Hitchcock & more)
Died 2017-04-26.
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From complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease; he was 73
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“I am heart-broken to lose a friend, a mentor, a guy so singular and dynamic you'd have to design a hurricane to contain him. Jonathan was as quirky as his comedies and as deep as his dramas. He was pure energy, the unstoppable cheerleader for anyone creative. Just as passionate about music as he was about art, he was and will always be a champion of the soul. JD, most beloved, something wild, brother of love, director of the lambs. Love that guy. Love him so much.”
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Held an auction in Philadelphia selling thousands from his collection, much of which was donated to a cultural center in Port-au-Prince
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IndieWire: Jonathan Demme’s ‘Old Fires’ With Bryan Cranston, Jason Segel & Jennifer Ehle Put On Hold
Returned to Oberlin as part of an alumni reunion during the class of 2013 graduation ceremony and received the award for Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
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Demme made his first foray into theater, directing Family Week, a play by Beth Henley
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Rolling Stone: Jonathan Demme Debuts “Neil Young Trunk Show” at SXSW
Demme signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski, who had been detained while traveling to a film festival in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse charges, which the petition argued would undermine the traditio
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FirstShowing.net: Worth Watching - Aug 2: Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married Trailer
He was the uncle of film director Ted Demme, who died in 2002.
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Silence of the Lambs (1992).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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Married artist Joanne Howard, with whom he had three children
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Directed a video for Artists United Against Apartheid
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Directed a series of commercials for the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way
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In Baldwin, New York, the son of Dorothy Louise (née Rogers) and Robert Eugene Demme, a public relations executive
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Born 1944-02-22.
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