The renowned Filmmaker Jonathan Demme was pronounced dead in the earlier hours of Wednesday , according to a statement credited to his publicist, the creative director died of complications from esophageal cancer.
With a career that spanned four decades Demme directed an eclectic mix of films, including the Michelle Pfeiffer comedy "Married to the Mob," the Melanie Griffith-Jeff Daniels road-trip adventure "Something Wild," a remake of political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" with Denzel Washington, and the Anne Hathaway indie drama "Rachel Getting Married."
He also was a big lover of music, filling his movies with songs and directing documentaries or videos for such artists as Neil Young, the Pretenders, Bruce Springsteen and Justin Timberlake.
Demme won consistent acclaim as the director of such diverse movies as the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense"; "Philadelphia," the 1993 drama starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer battling AIDS; and "Beloved," the 1998 Oprah Winfrey movie based on Toni Morrison's bestseller about a 19th century slave haunted by the ghost of her daughter.
Until his death he was a major player in Hollywood ,a filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. Demme rose to prominence in the 1980s with his comedy films Melvin and Howard, Swing Shift, Something Wild and Married to the Mob.
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