Jonathan Demme
Birth Name:
Robert Jonathan Demme
Birth Place:
Baldwin, Long Island, New York, United States
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Cinematographer, Assistant director, Camera department, Composer, Sound department, Music department
Fast Facts
- Was named to the Board of Directors at the Jacob Burnes Film Center in New York
- Originally aspiring to become a veterinarian, he worked at animal clinics as a teenager
- Known for creating films based on controversial subject matters
- Often collaborates with Charles Napier, Chris Isaak, Tracey Walter and Paul Lazar in his films
- Along with Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, he is a member of the steering committee of the Friends of the Apollo Theatre in Oberlin, Ohio
- In 1990, he received an honorary degree from Wesleyan University
Awards
- 1980NYFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1980Golden LionNominated
- 1981NSFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1985Grand PrixWinner
- 1987Critics AwardNominated
- 1988Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1991Silver Scream AwardWinner
- 1991ACCA - Best Director:Winner
- 1991Golden Berlin BearNominated
- 1991Silver Berlin Bear - Best Director:Winner
- 1991BSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1991Hochi Film Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1991KCFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1991NBR Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1991NYFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1992ASECAN Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 1992Oscar - Best Director:Winner
- 1992Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Nominated
- 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1992Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1992Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 1992CFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1992César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 1992DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1992DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Winner
- 1992Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1992Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 1992ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 1992NSFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1993ACCA - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 1993ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Winner
- 1994Golden Berlin BearNominated
- 1994CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1997Pare Lorentz AwardWinner
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
- 2002ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2003Gold Plaque - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2003Grand Jury Prize - Documentary Features - World Cinema Competition:Nominated
- 2003OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2003PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2004Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2004Honorable Mention - Documentary Film:Winner
- 2005Black Reel - Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Film:Nominated
- 2007Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2007Venice Horizons Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2007Biografilm AwardWinner
- 2007EIUC AwardWinner
- 2007FIPRESCI Prize - Parallel Sections:Winner
- 2008TFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2008Golden LionNominated
- 2009Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2009Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2011Venice Horizons Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2012Felix - Best Director:Winner
- 2013CinemaXXI AwardNominated
- 2014Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2014Film and Literature AwardNominated
- 2015Variety Piazza Grande AwardNominated
- 2018Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated