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).
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Filmography
Acting (70)
Movies (62)
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
2024as Self
Cinéma Laika
2023as Self
Spirit of Golf
2023as Self
Fragments of Paradise
2022as Self
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022as Self
Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself
2021as Himself
The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady
2020as Self
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018as Self
The Ravenite
2018as Himself
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018as Self
Carmine Street Guitars
2018as Self
Uncle Howard
2017as Self
Gimme Danger
2016as Self (voice)
Hot Sugar's Cold World
2015as Self
Song from the Forest
2014as Himself
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
2014as Self
A Tribute To Ron Asheton
2013as Self
Picasso Baby
2013as Self
Blank City
2011as Self
Don't Expect Too Much
2011as Himself
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010as Self
Reel Injun
2010as Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009as Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009as Self
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007as Self
Excavating Taylor Mead
2005as Self
Punk: Attitude
2005as Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004as Self
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004as Self
Rockets Redglare!
2003as Self
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
2003as Self
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
2001as Himself
Divine Trash
2000as Self
In Bad Taste
1999as Self
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
1998as Self
Year of the Horse
1997as Self
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1997
Sling Blade
1996as Frostee Cream Boy
Cannes Man
1996as Self
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
1996as Self
Blue in the Face
1995as Bob
Iron Horsemen
1995as Silver Rider
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
1994as Self
Made in the USA
1993as Self
Strummer
1993
In the Soup
1992as Monty
The Golden Boat
1991as Stranger
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989as Car Dealer | New York
Candy Mountain
1988as (uncredited)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988as Self - Audience Member
Straight to Hell
1987as Amos Dade
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987as Barkeeper #2
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
Fräulein Berlin
1984as himself
American Autobahn
1984as Movie Producer
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
1984as Interviewee
Vortex
1982as Voice Over
Only You
1981
Lightning Over Water
1980as Self (uncredited)
Television (8)
What We Do in the Shadows
2019as Jim Jarmusch
Bored to Death
2009as Self
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999as Fisherman
V.I.P.
1998as Jim Jarmusch
Independent Focus
1998as Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Fishing with John
1991as Self
The Simpsons
1989as Jim Jarmusch (voice)
Crew (80)
Movies (80)
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025Director
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025Executive Producer
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025Original Music Composer
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025Writer
A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond
2025Cinematography
A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond
2025Director
Fathom
2025Music
Nova '78
2025Sound
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
2024Original Music Composer
Pre-Prom
2023Music
French Water
2021Director
French Water
2021Writer
The Dead Don't Die
2019Director
The Dead Don't Die
2019Writer
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018Original Music Composer
Porto
2017Executive Producer
Uncle Howard
2017Executive Producer
Paterson
2016Director
Paterson
2016Original Music Composer
Paterson
2016Writer
Gimme Danger
2016Director
Gimme Danger
2016Writer
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013Director
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013Musician
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013Writer
The Limits of Control
2009Director
The Limits of Control
2009Writer
Explicit Ills
2008Executive Producer
Broken Flowers
2005Director
Broken Flowers
2005Writer
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004Director
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004Editor
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004Screenplay
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002Director
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002Writer
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999Director
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999Producer
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999Writer
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997Director
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997Writer
Year of the Horse
1997Director
Year of the Horse
1997Director of Photography
Dead Man
1995Director
Dead Man
1995Screenplay
Dead Man
1995Writer
When Pigs Fly
1993Executive Producer
BAD I+II
1992Director
Night on Earth
1991Director
Night on Earth
1991Producer
Night on Earth
1991Screenplay
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990Director
Mystery Train
1989Director
Mystery Train
1989Screenplay
Mystery Train
1989Writer
Coffee and Cigarettes II
1989Director
Coffee and Cigarettes II
1989Writer
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988Director
Down by Law
1986Director
Down by Law
1986Writer
Coffee and Cigarettes
1986Director
Coffee and Cigarettes
1986Writer
Sleepwalk
1986Camera Operator
Stranger Than Paradise
1984Director
Stranger Than Paradise
1984Editor
Stranger Than Paradise
1984Screenplay
Burroughs: The Movie
1984Sound Recordist
Stranger Than Paradise
1983Director
The State of Things
1982Music
Permanent Vacation
1981Director
Permanent Vacation
1981Editor
Permanent Vacation
1981Music
Permanent Vacation
1981Producer
Permanent Vacation
1981Screenplay
Permanent Vacation
1981Story
You Are Not I
1981Director of Photography
You Are Not I
1981Producer
You Are Not I
1981Writer
Underground U.S.A.
1980Sound Recordist
Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project
Director
Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project
Writer
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