Jim Jarmusch
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).

Top 10 collaborators

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Roles

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Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)
Jim Jarmusch
Fragments of Paradise (2022)
Self
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)
Self
The Ravenite (2018)
Himself
Uncle Howard (2017)
Self
Gimme Danger (2016)
Self (voice)
Song from the Forest (2014)
Himself
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch (2014)
Self
Picasso Baby (2013)
Self
Don't Expect Too Much (2011)
Himself
Behind Jim Jarmusch (2010)
Self
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Self
Reel Injun (2010)
Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
Self
Excavating Taylor Mead (2005)
Self
Punk: Attitude (2005)
Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Self
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
Self
Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York' (2003)
Self
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me (2001)
Himself
Divine Trash (2000)
Self
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (1998)
Self
Cannes Man (1997)
Self
Sling Blade (1996)
Frostee Cream Boy
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)
Self
Blue in the Face (1995)
Bob
Iron Horsemen (1995)
Silver Rider
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
Self
Strummer (1993)
In the Soup (1992)
Monty
The Golden Boat (1991)
Stranger
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Car Dealer | New York
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
Self - Audience Member
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987)
Barkeeper Two
Straight to Hell (1987)
Amos Dade
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1985)
Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch (1984)
Interviewee
American Autobahn (1984)
Movie Producer
Fräulein Berlin (1984)
himself
Vortex (1982)
Voice Over
Only You (1981)
Lightning Over Water (1980)
Self (uncredited)

Crew

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024)
Original Music Composer
Pre-Prom (2023)
Music
French Water (2021)
Director | Writer
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Director | Writer
Porto (2017)
Executive Producer
Uncle Howard (2017)
Executive Producer
Paterson (2016)
Director | Writer | Original Music Composer
Gimme Danger (2016)
Writer | Director
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Director | Writer | Musician
The Limits of Control (2009)
Director | Writer
Explicit Ills (2008)
Executive Producer
Broken Flowers (2005)
Director | Writer
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
Director | Screenplay | Editor
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Director | Writer
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Director | Producer | Writer
Coffee and Cigarettes III (1997)
Director | Writer
Dead Man (1995)
Director | Screenplay
When Pigs Fly (1993)
Executive Producer
BAD I+II (1992)
Director
Night on Earth (1991)
Producer | Screenplay | Director
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
Director
Mystery Train (1989)
Director | Screenplay
Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989)
Director | Writer
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant (1988)
Director
Down by Law (1986)
Director | Writer
Sleepwalk (1986)
Camera Operator
Coffee and Cigarettes (1986)
Director | Writer
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Director | Screenplay | Editor
Stranger Than Paradise (1983)
Director
The State of Things (1982)
Original Music Composer
Permanent Vacation (1981)
Director | Producer | Editor | Story | Screenplay | Music
You Are Not I (1981)
Writer | Producer | Cinematography