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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).
Directed 25
2020s
- 2025
2010s
- 2019
- 2016
- 2013
2000s
- 2009
- 2005
- 2004
- 2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director
Int. Trailer. Night
Director
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
Year of the Horse
Director
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Director
- 1995
- 1992
BAD I+II
Director
- 1991
- 1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Director
1980s
- 1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II
Director
- 1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Director
- 1987
Coffee and Cigarettes
Director
- 1986
- 1984
- 1983
Stranger Than Paradise
Director
- 1981
Acted in 22
2020s
- 2025
Adios
Movie
2000s
- 2001
Some Days in January, 1984
Movie
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
Movie
- 1996
- 1995
Blue in the Face
Bob
Iron Horsemen
Silver Rider
- 1994
- 1992
- 1991
The Golden Boat
Stranger
1980s
- 1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Car Dealer | New York
- 1988
Candy Mountain
(uncredited)
- 1987
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Barkeeper #2
Straight to Hell
Amos Dade
- 1985
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Movie
- 1984
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
Interviewee
American Autobahn
Movie Producer
- 1982
Vortex
Voice Over
- 1981
Only You
Movie
Wrote 20
2020s
- 2025
2010s
- 2019
- 2016
- 2013
2000s
- 2009
- 2005
- 2004
- 2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Writer
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Writer
- 1995
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II
Writer
- 1987
Coffee and Cigarettes
Writer
- 1986
- 1984
- 1981
You Are Not I
Writer
Sound 12
2020s
- 2026
Nova '78
Sound
- 2025
Fathom
Music
- 2024
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
Original Music Composer
- 2023
Pre-Prom
Music
2010s
- 2018
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Original Music Composer
- 2016
- 2013
1980s
- 1984
Burroughs: The Movie
Sound Recordist
- 1982
The State of Things
Music
- 1981
- 1980
Underground U.S.A.
Sound Recordist
Produced 9
2010s
- 2017
Porto
Executive Producer
Uncle Howard
Executive Producer
2000s
- 2008
Explicit Ills
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1999
- 1993
When Pigs Fly
Executive Producer
- 1991
1980s
- 1981
You Are Not I
Producer
Edited 3
2000s
- 2004
1980s
- 1984
- 1981
Camera 3
1990s
- 1997
Year of the Horse
Director of Photography
1980s
- 1986
Sleepwalk
Camera Operator
- 1981
You Are Not I
Director of Photography
Appearances42
2020s
- 2024
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
Self
- 2023
- 2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
Fragments of Paradise
Self
- 2021
Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself
Himself
- 2020
The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady
Self
2010s
- 2018
The Ravenite
Himself
Living the Light: Robby Müller
Self
Carmine Street Guitars
Self
- 2017
Uncle Howard
Self
- 2016
- 2015
Hot Sugar's Cold World
Self
- 2014
Song from the Forest
Himself
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
Self
- 2013
A Tribute To Ron Asheton
Self
- 2011
Don't Expect Too Much
Himself
Blank City
Self
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
- 2007
- 2005
Excavating Taylor Mead
Self
Punk: Attitude
Self
- 2004
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Self
- 2003
Rockets Redglare!
Self
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
Self
- 2001
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me
Himself
- 2000
Divine Trash
Self
1990s
- 1999
In Bad Taste
Self
- 1998
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
Self
- 1997
Year of the Horse
Self
- 1996
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
Self
- 1994
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
Self
- 1993
Made in the USA
Self
- 1991
Fishing with John
Self · 1 episode
1980s
- 1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
- 1984
Fräulein Berlin
himself
- 1980
Lightning Over Water
Self (uncredited)
Thanked in the credits2
2010s
- 2019
1980s
- 1988
Me
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