Jim Jarmusch

Known for: Directing
Born: January 22, 1953, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
Movies: 90

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).

Best-Known Movies

5.4

The Dead Don't Die

2019

7.2

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

7.1

Paterson

2016

7.3

Dead Man

1995

6.9

Broken Flowers

2005

7.3

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999

7.5

Night on Earth

1991

6.9

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

7.5

Sling Blade

1996

7.4

Down by Law

1986

Filmography

2025	Adios
2024	Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw	Self
2023	Spirit of Golf	Self
2023	Cinéma Laika	Self
2023	SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing Band	Member of SQÜRL
2022	Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors	Self
2022	Fragments of Paradise	Self
2021	Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself	Himself
2020	The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady	Self
2018	Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat	Self
2018	The Ravenite	Himself
2018	Living the Light: Robby Müller	Self
2018	Carmine Street Guitars	Self
2017	Uncle Howard	Self
2016	Gimme Danger	Self (voice)
2015	Hot Sugar's Cold World	Self
2014	Song from the Forest	Himself
2014	Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch	Self
2013	Picasso Baby	Self
2013	A Tribute To Ron Asheton	Self
2011	Don't Expect Too Much	Himself
2011	Blank City	Self
2010	Behind Jim Jarmusch	Self
2010	Reel Injun	Self
2009	No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York	Self
2009	Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB	Self
2007	Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten	Self
2005	Excavating Taylor Mead	Self
2005	Punk: Attitude	Self
2004	Ramones: We're Outta Here!	Self
2004	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession	Self
2003	Rockets Redglare!	Self
2003	Chaplin Today: A King in New York	Self
2001	Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me	Himself
2001	Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001	Some Days in January, 1984
2000	Divine Trash	Self
1999	In Bad Taste	Self
1998	Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman	Self
1997	Year of the Horse	Self
1997	R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1996	Sling Blade	Frostee Cream Boy
1996	Cannes Man	Self
1996	The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera	Self
1995	Blue in the Face	Bob
1995	Iron Horsemen	Silver Rider
1994	Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made	Self
1993	Made in the USA	Self
1993	Strummer
1992	In the Soup	Monty
1991	The Golden Boat	Stranger
1989	Leningrad Cowboys Go America	Car Dealer \| New York
1988	Candy Mountain	(uncredited)
1988	Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night	Self - Audience Member
1987	Helsinki Napoli All Night Long	Barkeeper #2
1987	Straight to Hell	Amos Dade
1985	The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1984	Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch	Interviewee
1984	American Autobahn	Movie Producer
1984	Fräulein Berlin	himself
1982	Vortex	Voice Over
1981	Only You
1980	Lightning Over Water	Self (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Father Mother Sister Brother	Writer, Director
2025	A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond	Director
2019	The Dead Don't Die	Director, Writer
2016	Paterson	Director, Writer
2016	Gimme Danger	Writer, Director
2013	Only Lovers Left Alive	Writer, Director
2009	The Limits of Control	Director, Writer
2005	Broken Flowers	Director, Writer
2004	Coffee and Cigarettes	Director, Screenplay
2002	Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet	Director, Writer
2002	Int. Trailer. Night	Director
1999	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Producer, Director, Writer
1997	Year of the Horse	Director
1997	Coffee and Cigarettes III	Writer, Director
1995	Dead Man	Director, Writer
1992	BAD I+II	Director
1991	Night on Earth	Producer, Screenplay, Director
1990	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter	Director
1989	Mystery Train	Director, Writer
1989	Coffee and Cigarettes II	Writer, Director
1988	Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant	Director
1987	Coffee and Cigarettes	Director, Writer
1986	Down by Law	Director, Writer
1984	Stranger Than Paradise	Screenplay, Director
1983	Stranger Than Paradise	Director
1981	You Are Not I	Writer, Producer
1981	Permanent Vacation	Director, Producer, Screenplay

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