Hall of fame
Jonathan Demme
1944 — 2017
My average
6.8 / 10
1 rated
Average shot length
6.7s
14 films measured
TMDB average
6.6 / 10
7 films
IMDb average
6.8 / 10
7 films
Metacritic average
73 / 100
7 films
Robert Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He was best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed the acclaimed films Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), Philadelphia (1993), and Rachel Getting Married (2008), as well as the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (1984), which is widely considered to be one of the greatest concert films of all time.
In the archive
7 films
Shot length ledger
average seconds per shot, film by film| Film | Year | ASL | My rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handle with Care | 1977 | 12.1s | — |
| Last Embrace | 1979 | 7.8s | — |
| Melvin and Howard | 1980 | 8.6s | — |
| Swing Shift | 1984 | 6.6s | — |
| Something Wild | 1986 | 6.2s | — |
| Swimming to Cambodia | 1987 | 6.5s | — |
| Married to the Mob | 1988 | 5.8s | — |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | 7s | — |
| Philadelphia | 1993 | 6.9s | 6.8 |
| Beloved | 1998 | 7.5s | — |
| The Truth About Charlie | 2002 | 3.8s | — |
| The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | 5.3s | — |
| Rachel Getting Married | 2008 | 4.5s | — |
| A Master Builder | 2013 | 5.1s | — |