University of Wyoming
Jonathan Demme (1944-2017) was a well known film writer, director, and producer. He was born in 1944 and attended the University of Florida. He co-wrote and produced his first movie "Angels, Hard as They Come" in 1971. He wrote, directed, and produced a number of films during the 1970s and 1980s, including "Caged Heat" (1974), "Fighting Mad" (1975), "Citizen's Band" (1977), and "Swing Shift" (1984). Demme went on to achieve wide recognition and acclaim with his later work from the 1980s to the 2000s, including "Stop Making Sense" (1984), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), and "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004).
Collection mainly concerns Jonathan Demme's early career as a film writer, director, and producer from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. It consists mostly of drafts and final copies of scripts and screenplays of films written, directed, or produced by Demme, including "Caged Heat" (titled "Renegade Women" in the collection), "Fighting Mad", and "Swing Shift". There are also screenplays and scripts for movies that were never produced. Collection also holds copies of two books: "Among Thieves" and "Norman Lindsay's Cats". There is also a blueprint of a set for "Swing Shift".
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Materials are not to be copied or sold.
There are no known other archival collections created by Jonathan Demme at the date of processing.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.