- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Died
- April 26, 2017 (aged 73)
- Known as
- film director, film producer, writer, film actor, cinematographer, film score composer
Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. His career of directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. In addition to being an Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award winner, he received nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Independent Spirit Awards.
Biography from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also born on February 22
- George Washington1732 · Founding Father, U.S. president from 1789 to 1797
- Drew Barrymore1975 · American actress
- Steve Irwin1962 · Australian conservationist
- Ted Kennedy1932 · American lawyer and politician
- Arthur Schopenhauer1788 · German philosopher
- Niki Lauda1949 · Austrian racing driver
- James Blunt1974 · English musician
- Robert Wadlow1918 · Tallest person in recorded history
Also born in 1944
- George Lucas1944 · American filmmaker and entrepreneur
- Michael Douglas1944 · American actor
- Danny DeVito1944 · American actor, comedian and filmmaker
- Diana Ross1944 · American singer and actress
- Larry Ellison1944 · American businessman
- Rajiv Gandhi1944 · Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989
- Jimmy Page1944 · English guitarist
- Joe Cocker1944 · English singer