# Jonathan Demme filmography

Jonathan Demme was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of film and television

## Film

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
| 1971 | Angels Hard as They Come | | Yes | Yes | |
| 1972 | The Hot Box | | Yes | Yes | |
| 1973 | Black Mama White Mama | | | Story | |
| 1974 | Caged Heat | Yes | | Yes | |
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Yes | | | |
| 1976 | Fighting Mad | Yes | | Yes | |
| 1977 | Handle with Care | Yes | | | originally titled Citizens Band |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Yes | | | |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Yes | | | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Yes | | | |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Yes | Yes | | |
| 1987 | Swimming to Cambodia | Yes | | | Concert film |
| 1988 | Married to the Mob | Yes | | | |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Yes | | | |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Yes | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Beloved | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2008 | Rachel Getting Married | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2013 | A Master Builder | Yes | | | |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Yes | | | |
| Executive producer Amos & Andrew (1993) (uncredited) Household Saints (1993) Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Shadrach (1998) The Opportunists (1999) Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001) Crude Independence (2009) The Center (2015) | Producer Miami Blues (1990) Women & Men 2 (1991) That Thing You Do! (1996) Adaptation. (2002) Gimme the Loot (2012) Song One (2014) |
Second unit director
* Fly Me (1972)
* The Hot Box (1972)

## Documentary

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
| 1984 | Stop Making Sense | Yes | | Yes | |
| 1987 | Haiti: Dreams of Democracy | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1992 | Cousin Bobby | Yes | | | |
| 1994 | The Complex Sessions | Yes | | | |
| 1994 | One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room 1994 | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Mandela | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Storefront Hitchcock | Yes | | | |
| 2003 | The Agronomist | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also cinematographer |
| 2003 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | | Yes | | |
| 2006 | Neil Young: Heart of Gold | Yes | | | |
| 2007 | Man from Plains | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2007 | Right to Return: New Home Movies From the Lower 9th Ward | Yes | | | |
| 2009 | Neil Young Trunk Show | Yes | | | |
| 2011 | I'm Carolyn Parker | Yes | Yes | | Also cinematographer |
| 2012 | Neil Young Journeys | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2012 | Enzo Avitabile Music Life | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2015 | What's Motivating Hayes | Yes | | | Short film |
| 2016 | Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids | Yes | | | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
| 1978 | Columbo | Yes | | | Episode "Murder Under Glass" |
| 1980–86 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | Yes | | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Yes | | | Episode "Who Am I This Time?" |
| 1987 | Trying Times | Yes | | | Episode "A Family Tree" |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Yes | | | Segment "Subway Car from Hell" |
| 2011 | Enlightened | Yes | | | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | A Gifted Man | Yes | | Yes | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2013–14 | The Killing | Yes | | | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Shots Fired | Yes | | | Episode "Hour Six: The Fire This Time" |
| 2018 | Seven Seconds | Yes | | | Episode "Brenton's Breath" (Posthumous release) |

## Music video

| Year | Title | Artist |
| 1979 | "Gidget Goes to Hell" | Suburban Lawns |
| 1985 | "The Perfect Kiss" | New Order |
| 1985 | "Everybody's Young" | Sandra Bernhard |
| 1987 | "Solitude Standing" | Suzanne Vega |
| 1988 | "Away" | The Feelies |
| 1995 | "Murder Incorporated" | Bruce Springsteen |

## Acting roles

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | The Incredible Melting Man | Matt Winters | |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Man on Train | |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Federal Agent | |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Producer of That Thing You Do! Director of Weekend At Party Pier | |
| 2000 | Oz | Commercial Director | |
| 2015 | I Thought I Told You to Shut Up | Narrator | Short documentary |