Jim Jarmusch

American film director, screenwriter and actor

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Jim Jarmusch is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor known for his distinctive independent cinema. His work matters because he has helped shape alternative filmmaking outside the mainstream Hollywood system, influencing how independent films are made and distributed.

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Born: 1953-01-22

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Directing · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA

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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Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw — Self2024
Cinéma Laika — Self2023
Spirit of Golf — Self2023
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors — Self2022
Fragments of Paradise — Self2022
Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself — Himself2021
The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady — Self2020
What We Do in the Shadows — Jim Jarmusch2019
Living the Light: Robby Müller — Self2018

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James Robert Jarmusch (/ˈdʒɑːrməʃ/ JAR-məsh; born January 22, 1953) is an American filmmaker and musician.

He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Paterson (2016) and Father Mother Sister Brother (2025). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. For Father Mother Sister Brother, Jarmusch won the Golden Lion at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.