Editing Jonathan Demme (section)

===Later films===
Demme won the Academy Award for ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991)—one of only three films to win all the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress).<ref name=pristin>{{cite web|last=Pristin|first=Terry|title='Silence of the Lambs' Sweeps 5 Major Oscars|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-31-mn-104-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2014|date=March 31, 1992|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927135420/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-31/news/mn-104_1_jack-palance|url-status=live}}</ref> Inspired by his friend [[Juan Suárez Botas]]'s illness with [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]]<ref name="Rolling Stone obit Fear & Reed">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/jonathan-demme-philadelphia-director-dead-at-73-w478940 |title=Jonathan Demme, ''Silence of the Lambs'' and ''Philadelphia'' director, dead at 73 |first1=David |last1=Fear |first2=Ryan |last2=Reed |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426201338/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/jonathan-demme-philadelphia-director-dead-at-73-w478940 |url-status=live |date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 }}</ref> and fueled by his own moral convictions,<ref name="Rolling Stone interview 1994-03-24">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jonathan-demme-19940324 |title=The ''Rolling Stone'' Interview: Jonathan Demme on ''Philadelphia'', Tom Hanks, homophobia |first=Anthony |last=DeCurtis |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426203524/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jonathan-demme-19940324 |url-status=live |date=March 24, 1994 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |quote=''Philadelphia'' was fueled by three of the director's staunchest convictions: that helping out people who are having a hard time is less a duty than a pleasure; that bigotry is more the result of ignorance than evil; and that for all the country's political outrages, goodness is deep in the American grain. }}</ref> Demme then used his influence to make ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993),<ref name="Variety obit">{{cite news |first1=Brent |last1=Lang |first2=Carmel |last2=Dagan |title=Jonathan Demme, ''Silence of the Lambs'' director, dies at 73 |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jonathan-demme-dead-silence-of-the-lambs-1202399122/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426185021/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jonathan-demme-dead-silence-of-the-lambs-1202399122/ |url-status=live |date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 }}</ref> one of the first major films to address the [[HIV/AIDS in the United States|AIDS crisis]]<ref name="Variety obit" /> and which garnered star [[Tom Hanks]] his first [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor Oscar]].<ref name="Variety obit" /> He also co-directed (with his nephew [[Ted Demme|Ted]]) the music video for [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song Oscar]]-winning "[[Streets of Philadelphia]]" from the film's soundtrack.<ref name="Rolling Stone obit Grierson">{{cite magazine |first=Tim |last=Grierson |title=Why Jonathan Demme was one of the greatest concert movie directors ever |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/why-jonathan-demme-was-a-great-concert-movie-director-w478955 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426191844/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/why-jonathan-demme-was-a-great-concert-movie-director-w478955 |url-status=live |date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 }}</ref> Jonathan used several of the same actors for both movies.

Subsequently, his films included an adaptation of [[Toni Morrison]]'s ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]'' (1998), and remakes of two films from the 1960s: ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]'' (2002), based on ''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'', that starred [[Mark Wahlberg]] in the [[Cary Grant]] role; and ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004), with [[Denzel Washington]] and [[Meryl Streep]]. Demme's documentary film ''[[Man from Plains]]'' (2007), a documentary about former U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s promotional tour publicizing his book ''[[Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid]]'', had its premiere at the [[Venice Film Festival]] and [[Toronto International Film Festival]].

His art-house hit ''[[Rachel Getting Married]]'' (2008) was compared by many critics to Demme's films of the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{citation |last=Burr |first=Ty |date=October 12, 2008 |title=He's back |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/10/12/hes_back/ |access-date=March 19, 2009 |quote=Warm rather than cold, forgiving rather than damning, ''Rachel'' is a throwback to the fluky, generous vibe that sustained the director's films in the late 1970s and 1980s – ''Handle With Care'' (1977), ''Melvin and Howard'' (1980), ''Stop Making Sense'' (1984), ''Something Wild'' (1986) and ''Married to the Mob'' (1988). |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425232018/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/10/12/hes_back/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rachel LA Times">{{citation |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=September 28, 2008 |title=Jonathan Demme's ''Rachel Getting Married'' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-28-ca-demme28-story.html |access-date=March 19, 2009 |quote=With ''Rachel Getting Married'', Demme, 64, has returned to the playful, deeply humanist storytelling of such early work as 1980's ''[[Melvin and Howard]]'' and 1986's ''[[Something Wild (1986 film)|Something Wild]]'', both of which are widely acknowledged as having influenced a younger generation of filmmakers. |archive-date=January 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102100253/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/28/entertainment/ca-demme28 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Schickel |first=Richard |date=October 2, 2008 |title=''Rachel Getting Married'', Demme Getting Messy |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1846818,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004072116/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1846818,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |access-date=March 19, 2009|quote=Back in the '70s and '80s he was the best – or at any rate the most promising – young American director. ...&nbsp;Demme's new film, ''[[Rachel Getting Married]]'', is arguably an attempt on the part of the director to wend his way back to his roots. }}</ref> It was included in many 2008 "best of" lists, and received numerous awards and nominations, including an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] by lead [[Anne Hathaway]]. In 2010, Demme made his first foray into theater, directing ''Family Week'', a play by [[Beth Henley]]. The play was produced by [[MCC Theater]] and co-starred [[Rosemarie DeWitt]] and [[Kathleen Chalfant]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Charles Isherwood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/theater/reviews/05family.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/theater/reviews/05family.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Beth Henley Revival Opens at Lucille Lortel |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 23, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

At one time, Demme was signed on to direct, produce, and write an adaptation of [[Stephen King]]'s sci-fi novel ''[[11/22/63]]'', but later left the project due to disagreements with King on what should be included in the script.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Brian |title=Stephen King's ''11/22/63'' loses Jonathan Demme |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/stephen-kings-11-22-63-loses-jonathan-demme |access-date=October 27, 2013 |date=December 6, 2012 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200455/http://www.movieweb.com/news/stephen-kings-11-22-63-loses-jonathan-demme |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He returned to the concert documentary format with ''[[Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids]]'' (2016), which he described as a "performance film, but also a portrait of an artist at a certain moment in the arc of his career",<ref name="Rolling Stone obit Fear & Reed" /> and his last project was a history of rock & roll for the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] compiled from footage from Hall of Fame induction ceremonies set to debut in summer 2017.<ref name="Rolling Stone obit Fear & Reed" />

Demme directed music videos for artists such as [[Suburban Lawns]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[KRS-One]]'s H.E.A.L. project and [[Bruce Springsteen]]. He also produced a compilation of [[Music of Haiti|Haitian music]] called ''Konbit: Burning Rhythms of Haiti'' that was released in 1989. ([[Lou Reed]] selected ''Konbit...'' as one of his 'picks of 1989').<ref>''[[Rolling Stone]]'', March 8, 1990</ref>

Demme was on the board of directors at [[Jacob Burns Film Center]] in [[Pleasantville, New York]]. In addition to his role on the board, he curated and hosted a monthly series called ''Rarely Seen Cinema''.<ref name="rarelyseen">{{cite news|last1=Michelin|first1=Robert|title=Demme Digs Up Rarely Seen Movies at Burns Center in Pleasantville|url=http://mountpleasant.dailyvoice.com/news/demme-digs-up-rarely-seen-movies-at-burns-center-in-pleasantville/464024/|access-date=April 26, 2017|work=Mount Pleasant Daily Voice|issue=January 30, 2012|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427102146/http://mountpleasant.dailyvoice.com/news/demme-digs-up-rarely-seen-movies-at-burns-center-in-pleasantville/464024/|archive-date=April 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>