Jim Jarmusch

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-01-22 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA

Jim Jarmusch

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).

Acting

2011

1989

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

as Car Dealer | New York

2005

1987

Straight to Hell

as Amos Dade

1995

Iron Horsemen

as Silver Rider

1996

Sling Blade

as Frostee Cream Boy

2010

Reel Injun

as Self

2023

1997

Cannes Man

as Self

1993

2014

1984

1991

The Golden Boat

as Stranger

2016

Gimme Danger

as Self (voice)

1980

Lightning Over Water

as Self (uncredited)

2011

Blank City

as Self

2000

1984

American Autobahn

as Movie Producer

2013

1982

Vortex

as Voice Over

1999

1992

In the Soup

as Monty

2018

The Ravenite

as Himself

2017

1988

Candy Mountain

as (uncredited)

Production

2005

Broken Flowers

as Director

1991

Night on Earth

as Producer

1991

Night on Earth

as Screenplay

1991

Night on Earth

as Director

1984

1984

1986

Down by Law

as Director

2004

2004

1995

Dead Man

as Director

1995

Dead Man

as Screenplay

1989

Mystery Train

as Director

1989

Mystery Train

as Screenplay

2009

2021

French Water

as Director

2021

French Water

as Writer

1981

1986

1984

Burroughs: The Movie

as Sound Recordist

2013

1986

Sleepwalk

as Camera Operator

2024

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

as Original Music Composer

1981

1981

2016

Paterson

as Director

2017

Porto

as Executive Producer

2016

Paterson

as Original Music Composer

1986

Down by Law

as Writer

2016

Paterson

as Writer

1992

BAD I+II

as Director

1983

2005

2013

1993

When Pigs Fly

as Executive Producer

1997

2016

Gimme Danger

as Writer

2016

Gimme Danger

as Director

2017

Uncle Howard

as Executive Producer

1981

1981

Permanent Vacation

as Screenplay

1981

1981

You Are Not I

as Writer

1981

You Are Not I

as Producer

2023

Pre-Prom

as Music

2019

2019

2008

Explicit Ills

as Executive Producer

2018

Living the Light: Robby Müller

as Original Music Composer

1981

You Are Not I

as Director of Photography

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