Edward "Ted" Demme (October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002) was an
American film director and
producer.
Biography
Early life and career
Born in
New York City, Demme grew up in Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York and attended South Side Senior High School. He was the nephew of movie producer and director
Jonathan Demme.
His career had modest beginnings — starting as a production assistant at
MTV, he later created the cable network's seminal hip-hop show
Yo! MTV Raps and directed other projects for them, including the infamous black-and-white rants starring then-unknown
chain-smoking comedian
Denis Leary.
