Jonathan Demme
Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter.
He is best known for directing the psychological horror "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director.
He also directed "Melvin and Howard" (1980), "Swing Shift" (1984), "Something Wild" (1986), "Married to the Mob" (1988),
the concert film "Stop Making Sense" (1984), "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Rachel Getting Married" (2008).
The Silence of the Lambs (film)
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme from a screenplay written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel of the same name.
The film stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, and Anthony Heald.
In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims' corpses.
The novel was Harris's first and second respectively to feature the characters of Starling and Lecter, and was the second adaptation of a Harris novel to feature Lecter, preceded by the Michael Mann-directed "Manhunter" (1986).
"The Silence of the Lambs" was released on February 14, 1991 and grossed $272.7 million worldwide against its $19 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest grossing film of 1991 worldwide.
The film premiered at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear, while Demme received the Silver Bear for Best Director.
Critically acclaimed upon release, it became only the third film (the other two being "
It Happened One Night" (1934) and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)) to win Academy Awards in all the top five categories:
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
It is also the first (and so far only) Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film, and one of only six such films to be nominated in the category, along with "The Exorcist" (1973), "Jaws" (1975), "The Sixth Sense" (1999), "Black Swan" (2010) and "Get Out" (2017).
It is regularly cited by critics, film directors and audiences alike as one of the greatest and most influential films of all time.
In 2018 "Empire" ranked it 48th on their list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.
The American Film Institute ranked it as the 5th greatest and most influential thriller film of all time while the characters Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter were ranked as the greatest film heroine and villain respectively.
The film is considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011.
A sequel titled "Hannibal" was released in 2001, in which Hopkins reprised his role.
It was followed by two prequels: "Red Dragon" (2002) and "Hannibal Rising" (2007).
Q Lazzarus
Q Lazzarus( born December 12, 1965) is a former American singer, known for her 1988 song" Goodbye Horses", written by William Garvey, which was featured in the films" Married to the Mob" and" The Silence of the Lambs", both of which were directed by Jonathan Demme.
Kenneth Utt
Kenneth Utt( July 13, 1921 – January 19, 1994), was an American film producer and unit production manager, notable for producing" The Silence of the Lambs"( 1991), for which he won an Oscar for Best Picture.
Hannibal (2001 film)
Hannibal is a 2001 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1999 novel of the same name.
It is the sequel to the 1991 Academy Award – winning film" The Silence of the Lambs" in which Anthony Hopkins returns to his role as the serial killer, Hannibal Lecter.
Julianne Moore co-stars, in the role first held by Jodie Foster, as FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.
The film had a difficult and occasionally troubling pre-production history.
When the novel was published in 1999," The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan Demme, screenwriter Ted Tally, and actress Jodie Foster all declined to be involved in its adaptation.
Ridley Scott became attached as director after the success of" Gladiator"( 2000), and eventually signed onto the project after reading the script pitched by Dino De Laurentiis, who produced" Manhunter"( 1986), which was based on the 1981 Harris novel" Red Dragon".
After the departure of Foster and screenwriter Tally, Julianne Moore took on Foster's role while David Mamet and Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay.
Set ten years after" The Silence of the Lambs Hannibal" follows Starling's attempts to apprehend Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him.
It is set in Italy and the United States.
The novel" Hannibal" drew attention for its violence.
" Hannibal" broke box office records in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom in February 2001, but was met with a mixed critical reception.
Red Dragon (2002 film)
Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological horror film based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris.
Anthony Hopkins stars as psychiatrist and serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
It is a prequel to" The Silence of the Lambs"( 1991) and" Hannibal"( 2001).
The novel was originally adapted into the film" Manhunter"( 1986).
The film was directed by Brett Ratner and written for the screen by Ted Tally, who also wrote the screenplay for" The Silence of the Lambs".
Hopkins reprises Lecter, a role he played twice before in" The Silence of the Lambs" and" Hannibal", and Edward Norton as FBI agent Will Graham.
The film also stars Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary- Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Ted Tally
Ted Tally( born April 9, 1952) is an American playwright and screenwriter.
He adapted the Thomas Harris novel" The Silence of the Lambs" into the film of the same name, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the Chicago Film Critics Award, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
La Métamorphose des cloportes
La Métamorphose des cloportes is a 1965 French and Italian crime film comedy directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre.
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Pierre Granier-Deferre (27 July 1927, Paris – 16 November 2007) was a French film director.
His 1971 film "Le Chat" won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.
His 1964 film "The Adventures of Salavan" won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the 12th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Granier-Deferre married Annie Fratellini, who starred in his film, "La Métamorphose des cloportes".
They had one daughter, Valerie.
He had two children with his second wife, Susan Hampshire, an English actress: a son, Christopher, a producer/director, and a daughter, Victoria, who died shortly after birth.
Granier-Deferre is also the father of Denys Granier-Deferre, a director/actor, whose mother is Denise Leve.
He is also the father of Célia (an actress) and Marie (a stuntwoman) by Isabel Garcia de Herreros (a film editor).
Ron Bozman
Ron Bozman is an American film producer who won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1991 for the film" The Silence of the Lambs".

Question: Which film has the director died earlier, La Métamorphose Des Cloportes or The Silence Of The Lambs (Film)?