Jonathan Demme

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme has optioned writer Dave Eggers ' best-selling book 'Zeitoun,' set in New Orelans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, for the purpose of adapting it into an animated feature, the New York Times reports. ... Full Article

WOODSTOCK - Jonathan Demme can't stop making movies about Neil Young. Three years after releasing "Neil Young: Heart of Gold," a concert documentary shot in Nashville, the director of "Philadelphia" and "The Silence of the Lambs" is at it again. ... Full Article

New York, Aug 14 (ANI): After Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme has also pulled out of 'Marley,' an upcoming documentary about the life and music of Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, according to sources. ... Full Article

It might be hard to imagine in any other art form, but Ornette Coleman has been the most controversial figure in jazz for 50 years. ... Full Article

Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The Independent Filmmaker Project, the organization that puts on the Gotham Awards, is collaborating with the United Nations on the endeavor, called "Envision," with the first installment to take place on May 14... ... Full Article

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man in a straw hat clutching a knife creeps toward the figure of a large woman asleep under the stars. ... Full Article