Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953, Akron, Ohio, U.S.) is an American director and screenwriter whose darkly humorous tone and transcendence of genre conventions established him as a major independent filmmaker. Jarmusch studied at Columbia University and at New York University’s graduate film program, where he directed his first feature-length film, Permanent Vacation (1980; released 1986). His next movie, Stranger Than Paradise (1984), established his reputation as a new voice in independent cinema. Jarmusch continued...