Jim Jarmusch

Born: 1953-01-22

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).


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Sling Blade

as Frostee Cream Boy
Released: 1996-08-30

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital...

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Leningrad Cowboys Go America

as Car Dealer | New York
Released: 1989-03-24

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America...

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Reel Injun

as Self
Released: 2010-02-19

The evolution of the depiction of the various Native American peoples in cinema, from the silent...

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Blue in the Face

as Bob
Released: 1995-09-15

Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit...

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In the Soup

as Monty
Released: 1992-10-23

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his...

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

as Self
Released: 2007-05-18

As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever....

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Gimme Danger

as Self (voice)
Released: 2016-08-05

No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb,...

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Straight to Hell

as Amos Dade
Released: 1987-06-26

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying...

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The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

as Self
Released: 1996-06-28

In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the...

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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

as Self
Released: 2004-05-16

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its...

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Cinéma Laika

as Self
Released: 2023-06-24

In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has...

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Cannes Man

as Self
Released: 1997-06-03

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody...

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Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

as Barkeeper Two
Released: 1987-11-13

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi...

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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

as Self - Audience Member
Released: 1988-01-03

Recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock...

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Year of the Horse

as Self
Released: 1997-10-08

Indie director Jim Jarmusch lenses a low-tech tribute to protean rocker Neil Young and his...

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In Bad Taste

as Self
Released: 1999-09-03

A documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and...

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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

as Self
Released: 2009-04-24

An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to...

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Punk: Attitude

as Self
Released: 2005-07-04

A documentary on the music, performers, attitude and distinctive look that made up punk rock.

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Uncle Howard

as Self
Released: 2017-03-10

When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two...

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Hot Sugar's Cold World

as Self
Released: 2015-03-13

Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, is in a hot mess. Considered a modern-day Mozart, the young...

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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

as Self
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Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby...

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Sodankylä Forever

as Self
Released: 2010-08-05

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the...

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Blank City

as Self
Released: 2011-04-06

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never...

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Fragments of Paradise

as Self
Released: 2022-08-31

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema,...

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Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

as Self
Released: 1998-01-01

John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately...

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Ramones: We're Outta Here!

as Himself
Released: 2004-09-29

Documentary covering The Ramones' long and eventful history, with footage from their final ever...

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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

as Jim Jarmusch
Released: 2022-09-01

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to...

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Lightning Over Water

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1980-10-01

Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer....

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Divine Trash

as Self
Released: 2000-03-31

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

as Self
Released: 2018-12-19

Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New...

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Rockets Redglare!

as Self
Released: 2003-05-02

A portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his...

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Carmine Street Guitars

as Self
Released: 2018-08-30

Five days in the life of fabled Greenwich Village guitar store Carmine Street Guitars.

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Vortex

as Voice Over
Released: 1982-09-01

A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and...

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The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-01

Nan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a...

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Excavating Taylor Mead

as Self
Released: 2005-10-08

The film icon/Andy Warhol darling is interviewed is his legendary cluttered apartment.

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Song from the Forest

as Himself
Released: 2014-09-11

25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into...

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A Tribute To Ron Asheton

as Self
Released: 2013-06-18

Live performance by Iggy and the Stooges in tribute to their former guitarist Ron Asheton....

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Made in the USA

as Self
Released: 1993-09-25

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

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Iron Horsemen

as Silver Rider
Released: 1995-01-27

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one...

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me

as Himself
Released: 2001-11-01

Portrait of an important American musician through the testimonies of fellow musicians and...

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Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw

as Self
Released: 2024-06-14

Born with a silver spoon, Jonathan Shaw chose, at the height of his career as a tattoo artist,...

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Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made

as Self
Released: 1994-03-25

In 1993, Sam Fuller takes Jim Jarmusch on a trip into Brazil's Mato Grosso, up the River...

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American Autobahn

as Movie Producer
Released: 1984-02-07

A German journalist on the run from mobsters in New York embarks on a road trip across the...

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Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

as Self
Released: 2003-03-01

An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.

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R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman

as uncredited
Released: 1997-01-01

R.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the...

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The Golden Boat

as Stranger
Released: 1991-06-22

Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap,...

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Only You

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-01

In this ostensible murder mystery, the genre elements are merely a pretext for the series of...

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Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch

as Interviewee
Released: 1984-03-20

Documentary on American film director Jim Jarmusch made for German television. featuring...

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Living the Light: Robby Müller

as Self
Released: 2018-09-20

For her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire...

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Don't Expect Too Much

as Himself
Released: 2011-10-03

Documentary about director/artist Nicholas Ray and his time as a University professor

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The Ravenite

as Himself
Released: 2018-10-18

1980s New York was a very different place to the bustling cosmopolitan tourist magnet we know...

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Some Days in January, 1984

as uncredited
Released: 2001-07-01

A short behind-the-scenes documentary shot and edited on Super 8 by filmmaker Tom Jarmusch,...

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Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

as Self
Released: 2014-04-22

A portrait of the American director Jim J. at work on the set of his latest film, Only Lovers...

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The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady

as Self
Released: 2020-05-29

‘The Raconteurs: Live at Electric Lady’ is a documentary and concert film showcasing the day,...

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The Simpsons

as Jim Jarmusch (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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What We Do in the Shadows

as Jim Jarmusch
First aired: 2019-03-27

A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in...

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V.I.P.

as Jim Jarmusch
First aired: 1998-09-26

While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her...

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Space Ghost Coast to Coast

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-04-15

A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show...

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Bored to Death

as Self
First aired: 2009-09-20

Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful...

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SpongeBob SquarePants

as Fisherman
First aired: 1999-05-01

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow...

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Fishing with John

as Self
First aired: 1991-11-20

Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on...

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