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Jonathan Demme
Photo: Dan D'Errico / Montclair Film Festival (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons

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American filmmaker (1944–2017)

Also known as: Robert Jonathan Demme, Джонатан Демми, جوناثان ديم, 조너선 데미, ジョナサン・デミ, 強納森·德米

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Known works

  • Swing shift
  • Haiti, three visions
  • Island on fire
  • Melvin and Howard
  • Married to the mob