Robert Jonathan Demme (born
February 22 1944) is an
Academy Award-winning
American film director,
producer and
writer.
Personal life
Demme was born in
Baldwin,
New York, the son of Dorothy Demme and a public relations executive father.
[Jonathan Demme Biography (1944-)] Demme has three children and is a graduate of the
University of Florida. He also was the uncle of director
Ted Demme, who died in 2002.
