Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 in Portland, Oregon – November 27, 1991 in New York City) was a visual artist, experimental filmmaker, record collector, bohemian, mystic, and largely self-taught student of anthropology.
 Smith was an important figure in the Beat Generation scene in New York City, and his activities, such as his use of mind-altering substances and interest in esoteric spirituality, anticipated aspects of the Hippie movement.
 Besides his films, Smith is widely known for his influential "Anthology of American Folk Music", drawn from his extensive collection of out-of-print commercial 78 rpm recordings.
Robert Jonathan Demme ( ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
 He rose to prominence in the 1980s with his comedy films "Melvin and Howard" (1980), "Swing Shift" (1984), "Something Wild" (1986), and "Married to the Mob" (1988), as well as the critically acclaimed concert film "Stop Making Sense" (1984), in collaboration with the band Talking Heads.
 He became best known for directing "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director.
 He later directed the acclaimed films "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Rachel Getting Married" (2008).
Neil Young Journeys is a 2011 American concert documentary film produced and directed by Jonathan Demme, featuring Neil Young and produced for Sony Pictures Classics.
 It is, along with "" (2006) and "Neil Young Trunk Show" (2009), part of a Neil Young trilogy being created by Demme.
Heaven and Earth Magic (also called "Number 12", "The Magic Feature", or "Heaven and Earth Magic Feature") is an American avant garde feature film made by Harry Everett Smith.
 Originally released in 1957, it was re-edited several times and the final version was released in 1962.
 The film primarily uses cut-out-animated photographs.
Rev. Robert Wilkinson Castle Jr. (August 29, 1929 – October 27, 2012) was an American Episcopal priest, social activist, and actor.
 Castle was the subject of the 1992 documentary film "Cousin Bobby", which was directed by his cousin, film director Jonathan Demme.
 His involvement in Demme's documentary led to an unlikely career as an actor in more than a dozen films over the next two decades, including roles in "Philadelphia", "The Addiction", "Beloved", and "Rachel Getting Married".
In October 1981, director Jonathan Demme presented the Made in Texas - New Films From Austin series at the Collective for Living Cinema in New York City.
 He, along with Austin Film Society co-founder, South by South West co-founder, and Austin Chronicle co-founder Louis Black, assembled six 16mm and 8mm short films made in and around Austin, Texas, in 1980 to present as a representation of the kinds of films being made and produced in Austin at that time.
 The six films were "Invasion of the Aluminum People" by David Boone, "Speed of Light", by Brian Hansen, "Fair Sisters" by Louis Black, Missy Boswell, and Ed Lowry, "Leonardo, Jr" by Lorrie Oshatz, "The Death of Jim Morrison" by Tom Huckabee, and "Mask of Sarnath" by Neil Ruttenberg.
Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme.
 The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City.
 A novelization of Goldman's script later was written by George Gipe.
 The film starred Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards and, in an Academy Award-winning performance, Mary Steenburgen.
Orion Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture producer and distributor that produced and released films from 1978 until 1999, and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s.
 It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists.
 Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion achieved a comparatively high reputation for Hollywood quality.
 Woody Allen, James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Oliver Stone, and several other prominent directors worked with Orion during its most successful years from 1978 to 1992.
 Of the films distributed by Orion, four won Academy Awards for Best Picture: "Amadeus" (1984), "Platoon" (1986), "Dances with Wolves" (1990), and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
 Two other Orion films, "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986) and "Mississippi Burning" (1988), were nominated for that same category.
 In 2013, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer revived the Orion name for television; a year later, Orion Pictures was relaunched by the studio.
Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress.
 She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's 1980 film "Melvin and Howard".
Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956.
 Each film is between two and six minutes long, and is named according to the chronological order in which it was made.
 The collection includes "Numbers 1–5", "7", and "10", while the missing "Numbers 8" and "9" are presumed to have been lost.

Question: In between Harry Everett Smith and Jonathan Demme who rose to prominence in the 1980s with his comedy films "Melvin and Howard" (1980)?
Answer: Robert Jonathan Demme