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Jim Jarmusch
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American film director, screenwriter and actor
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Jim Jarmusch is an American film director, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. Born James Roberto Jarmusch in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in 1953, he is a male citizen of the United States. He speaks and writes in English. Jarmusch began his work period in 1979 and has worked in the United States. His notable works include the films *Dead Man* and *Only lovers left alive*. He is associated with the no wave genre.
He was educated at Columbia University and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Jarmusch has received several awards, including the Golden Leopard, Caméra d'Or, Film Independent Spirit Awards, and Short Film Palme d'Or. He was also nominated for the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. His unmarried partner is Sara Driver.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Only lovers left alive
- Dead man
- Dead man
- Ghost dog
- Jim Jarmusch
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Film & TV
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).
Known for
- Adios2025
- 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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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1953
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30,391
- Total plays
- 126,187
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Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of '75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York. IMDb Mini Biography By: J. Pae Mini Biography Jarmusch came to New York City from Akron, Ohio to study at Columbia and NYU's film school. He would also study film at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. He worked as an assistant on Lightning Over Water (1980) <a h
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- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Dead Man
- Genre
- no wave
- Image
- Jim Jarmusch-9078.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- Jim Jarmusch
- date of birth
- 1953-01-22
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- unmarried partner
- Sara Driver
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- Jim Jarmusch
- birth name
- James Roberto Jarmusch
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
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- Category:Films directed by Jim Jarmusch
- name in native language
- Jim Jarmusch
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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