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Jonathan Demme (née Robert Jonathan Demme)
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Memorial Page for Jonathan Demme (née Robert Jonathan Demme)

Feb 22, 1944 – Apr 26, 2017(73 years)Died in:Manhattan, New York

American filmmaker

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film directorfilm producerscreenwriterwriterfilm actorcinematographerfilm score composerdocumentary filmmakerproducerdirectorcomposerfilm screenwriteractor

Awards(3)

Academy Award for Best DirectorDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature FilmNational Board of Review Award for Best Film

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University of FloridaSouthwest Miami High School

Jonathan Demme (* February 22, 1944 in Baldwin; † April 26, 2017 in Manhattan) was an american filmmaker. He was 73 years old. He had 3 children. His education included University of Florida and Southwest Miami High School. His awards include Academy Award for Best Director, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film and National Board of Review Award for Best Film. His cause of death was esophageal cancer.

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Born in Baldwin, Nassau County

1944

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

1991

The Silence of the Lambs

Academy Award for Best Director

1992

The Silence of the Lambs

Died in Manhattan, New York (esophageal cancer)

2017

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Jonathan Demme (née Robert Jonathan Demme). Forever remembered.