Jonathan Demme

Born February 22, 1944· Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA

† Died April 26, 2017

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Emerging from a New York upbringing and a University of Florida education, Demme cut his teeth in Roger Corman’s low-budget operation before directing the women-in-prison picture Caged Heat (1974). He soon earned a reputation for off-beat, humanist storytelling with titles such as Melvin and Howard, Swing Shift, Something Wild and Married to the Mob, while also pioneering concert cinema through th…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources