Life and work
Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. Born: 22 February 1944. Died: 26 April 2017. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Director · Writer/Creator · 1944–2017
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. Born on 22 February 1944, this profile follows Jonathan Demme through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Stop Making Sense (1984). The location trail reaches Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Stop Making Sense · Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Jonathan Demme is credited as director and writer on Stop Making Sense. The work’s existing location story leads to Hollywood Pantages Theatre. The concert film records Talking Heads’ December 1983 performances at the Pantages.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
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Hollywood Pantages Theatre ↗︎
Stop Making Sense
The concert film records Talking Heads’ December 1983 performances at the Pantages.
6233 Hollywood Boulevard
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Born 22 February 1944
Died 26 April 2017
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Stop Making Sense
Jonathan Demme
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Tina Weymouth ↗︎
Tina Weymouth is an American musician. Born on 22 November 1950, this profile follows Tina Weymouth through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Stop Making Sense (1984). The location trail reaches Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.