The man that made “Silence of the Lambs” a hit dies at 73
Oscar winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme best known for the films “Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” died this morning in New York, reports The Indiewire.
The cause was reportedly “esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, according to a source close to the family.” Demme was first treated for heart disease in 2010.
Demme‘s most recent film was the 2015 comedy “Ricki and the Flash,” starring Meryl Streep as an ageing rocker.
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New York-born Demme won the directing Oscar for the 1991 thriller “The Silence of the Lambs”, which also won Oscars for best picture and for its stars Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
He also directed concert and music documentaries for the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney and Neil Young, the Talking Heads, and more recently, “Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids.”
Other notable films include the 2008 independent drama “Rachel Getting Married,” “The Manchurian Candidate” (2004) and 1988 comedy “Married to the Mob.”
Paulo said the funeral for Demme would be private and that in lieu of flowers the family had asked that donations be made to the group Americans For Immigrant Justice, in Miami, Florida, according to Reuters.
Demme is survived by his wife, the artist Joanne Howard, and their three children.
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