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Jonathan Demme

American director
Also known as: Robert Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, Baldwin, New York, U.S.—died April 26, 2017, New York City) was an American film director who was known for his eclectic body of work, which ranged from feature films to concert movies to documentaries. Demme’s first foray into the world of movies was as a film critic for the student paper at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the 1960s. Demme ended up dropping out of school, but...

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