Oscar winning film-maker emerged from the American independent scene, and went on to direct a string of major social-issue films in subsequent decades
Film director Jonathan Demme, best known for The Silence of the Lambs and Something Wild, has died at the age of 73, it has been announced. His publicist told Variety that the cause of death was “cancer complications”.
The Silence of the Lambs, the horror-thriller adapted from Thomas Harris’ novel, was the high point of his career as a mainstream film-maker: the film won five Oscars, including best director for Demme, and made its central character Hannibal Lecter into a household name.
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Very sad to hear of the passing of the great Jonathan Demme. Admired his movies, his documentaries, his concert films. He could do anything.
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