Born February 22, 1944· Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA
† Died April 26, 2017
53Filmography★ 6.5Average rating
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…
