Jonathan Demme

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Also Known As	Robert Jonathan Demme
Born	February 22, 1944 • New York
Died	April 26, 2017 (aged 73) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1992)
Notable Works	“A Master Builder” • “Handle With Care” • “Married to the Mob” • “Melvin and Howard” • “Neil Young: Heart of Gold” • “Neil Young Journeys” • “Neil Young Trunk Show” • “Philadelphia” • “Rachel Getting Married” • “Something Wild” • “Stop Making Sense” • “Swing Shift” • “The Silence of the Lambs”

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Ethan Coen

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

American film director and producer

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

American actor and director

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

American director

Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful

Vincente Minnelli

American director

Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

American film director

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Hungarian-American director, actor, and writer

William Wyler

William Wyler

American director

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

American director and producer

A screen legend

Clint Eastwood

American actor and director

George Stevens

George Stevens

American director

George Cukor

George Cukor

American film director

EGOT winner

Mike Nichols

American director

Frank Borzage

Frank Borzage

American film director and producer

From Here to Eternity

Fred Zinnemann

American director

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

American director and author

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

American director and producer

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American filmmaker

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