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Jim Jarmusch

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Jim Jarmusch

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jan 22, 1953 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA

Biography

James Robert "Jim" Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) is an American writer-director and musician. Jarmusch has been a major figure in American independent cinema since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on "Dead Man" (1995), "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999), "Broken Flowers" (2005), and "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013).

Known For

Acting
2025Adios
2024Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan ShawSelf
2023Cinéma LaikaSelf
2023Spirit of GolfSelf
2022Come With Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf
2022Fragments of ParadiseSelf
2021Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by MyselfHimself
2020The Raconteurs Live at Electric LadySelf
2019What We Do in the ShadowsJim Jarmusch
2018Living the Light: Robby MüllerSelf
2018Carmine Street GuitarsSelf
2018The RaveniteHimself
2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf
2017Uncle HowardSelf
2016Gimme DangerSelf (voice)
2015Hot Sugar's Cold WorldSelf
2014Travelling at Night with Jim JarmuschSelf
2014Song from the ForestHimself
2013Picasso BabySelf
2013A Tribute To Ron AshetonSelf
2011Don't Expect Too MuchHimself
2011Blank CitySelf
2010Reel InjunSelf
2010Behind Jim JarmuschSelf
2010Sodankylä ForeverSelf
2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelf
2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf
2009Bored to DeathSelf
2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenSelf
2005Punk: AttitudeSelf
2005Excavating Taylor MeadSelf
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf
2004Ramones: We're Outta Here!Self
2003Rockets Redglare!Self
2003Chaplin Today: A King in New YorkSelf
2001Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on MeHimself
2001Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001Some Days in January, 1984
2000Divine TrashSelf
1999In Bad TasteSelf
1999SpongeBob SquarePantsFisherman
1998Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John BoormanSelf
1998V.I.P.Jim Jarmusch
1998Independent FocusSelf
1997Year of the HorseSelf
1997R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1996Sling BladeFrostee Cream Boy
1996The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie CameraSelf
1996Cannes ManSelf
1995Blue in the FaceBob
1995Iron HorsemenSilver Rider
1994Tigrero: A Film That Was Never MadeSelf
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1993Made in the USASelf
1993Strummer
1992In the SoupMonty
1991The Golden BoatStranger
1991Fishing with JohnSelf
1989Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaCar Dealer | New York
1989The SimpsonsJim Jarmusch (voice)
1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightSelf - Audience Member
1988Candy Mountain(uncredited)
1987Straight to HellAmos Dade
1987Helsinki Napoli All Night LongBarkeeper #2
1985The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1984Fräulein Berlinhimself
1984Kino '84: The Making of Jim JarmuschInterviewee
1984American AutobahnMovie Producer
1982VortexVoice Over
1981Only You
1980Lightning Over WaterSelf (uncredited)
Production
2025Father Mother Sister BrotherExecutive Producer
2017PortoExecutive Producer
2017Uncle HowardExecutive Producer
2008Explicit IllsExecutive Producer
1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiProducer
1993When Pigs FlyExecutive Producer
1991Night on EarthProducer
1981Permanent VacationProducer
1981You Are Not IProducer
-Garden of AshesProducer
Directing
2025Father Mother Sister BrotherDirector
2025A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice DomondDirector
2019The Dead Don't DieDirector
2016PatersonDirector
2016Gimme DangerDirector
2013Only Lovers Left AliveDirector
2009The Limits of ControlDirector
2005Broken FlowersDirector
2004Coffee and CigarettesDirector
2002Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetDirector
1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiDirector
1997Year of the HorseDirector
1997Coffee and Cigarettes IIIDirector
1995Dead ManDirector
1992BAD I+IIDirector
1991Night on EarthDirector
1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirector
1989Mystery TrainDirector
1989Coffee and Cigarettes IIDirector
1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantDirector
1987Coffee and CigarettesDirector
1986Down by LawDirector
1984Stranger Than ParadiseDirector
1983Stranger Than ParadiseDirector
1981Permanent VacationDirector
-Untitled Jim Jarmusch ProjectDirector
Writing
2025Father Mother Sister BrotherWriter
2019The Dead Don't DieWriter
2016PatersonWriter
2016Gimme DangerWriter
2013Only Lovers Left AliveWriter
2009The Limits of ControlWriter
2005Broken FlowersWriter
2004Coffee and CigarettesScreenplay
2002Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetWriter
1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiWriter
1997Coffee and Cigarettes IIIWriter
1995Dead ManWriter
1991Night on EarthScreenplay
1989Coffee and Cigarettes IIWriter
1989Mystery TrainWriter
1987Coffee and CigarettesWriter
1986Down by LawWriter
1984Stranger Than ParadiseScreenplay
1981Permanent VacationStory
1981Permanent VacationScreenplay
1981You Are Not IWriter
-Untitled Jim Jarmusch ProjectWriter
Crew
2025A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice DomondCinematography