Description:
Jonathan Demme was born on 22 February 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). He was married to Joanne Howard and Evelyn Purcell. He died on 26 April 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Birthday
February 22, 1944
Born In
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
Height
178 cm
Parents
Robert E. Demme
Trivia
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is one of his biggest fans and as a result, pays homage to Demme (his famous close-ups, for example) in his work.
Quotes
I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good
or even great movie. I think what's sacrilegious is to make a bad
movie, whether it's a remake or an original. It's what I always tell my
actor friends, anybody who's in this, this [business], you've gotta try
to hold out and only do the scripts, do the material that offers you
the opportunity to do your best work. Because if you do stuff that
doesn't give you that opportunity? Your work's not gonna be good. And
you're gonna suffer in the long run from that. So I don't care if it's
a remake if it's a great script with parts in it that can attract
fantastic actors, God, you know, to make the movie.
Salaries
$1,000,000
Trademarks
Frequently casts Buzz Kilman in a cameo role
