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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Jonathan Demme<br />
| image = Jonathan Demme (May 2015 small).JPG<br />
| caption = Demme in 2015<br />
| birth_name = Robert Jonathan Demme<br />
| birth_date = February 22, 1944<br />
| birth_place = Baldwin, New York, U.S.<br />
| death_date = April 26, 2017<br />
| death_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<br />
| education = University of Florida<br />
| spouse = {{plainlist|<br />
* {{marriage|Evelyn Purcell|1970|1980|end=div}}<br />
* {{marriage|Joanne Howard|1987}}<br />
}}<br />
| children = 3<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Director|producer|screenwriter}}<br />
| relatives = {{plainlist|<br />
* Robert W. Castle (cousin)<br />
* Ted Demme (nephew)<br />
}}<br />
| works = [[Jonathan Demme filmography|Full list]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jonathan Demme''' (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. He was an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Directors Guild of America Award]] winner, and received nominations for a [[BAFTA Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and three [[Independent Spirit Award]]s.<br />
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Beginning his career under [[B-movie]] producer [[Roger Corman]], Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 [[women in prison film|women-in-prison]] film ''[[Caged Heat]]'', before becoming known for his casually humanist films such as ''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' (1980), ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'' (1984), ''[[Something Wild (1986 film)|Something Wild]]'' (1986), and ''[[Married to the Mob]]'' (1988). His 1991 psychological horror film ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'', based on the [[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|novel of the same title]], won five [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<br />
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His subsequent films earned similar acclaim, notably the [[HIV/AIDS]]-themed drama ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993), the supernatural [[Gothic film|Gothic horror]] ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]'' (1998), the conspiracy thriller ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004), and the independent drama ''[[Rachel Getting Married]]'' (2008). Demme also directed numerous concert films such as ''[[Stop Making Sense]]'' (1984), ''[[Neil Young: Heart of Gold]]'' (2006), and ''[[Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids]]'' (2016), and worked on several television series as both a producer and director.</div>Naomi