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Jim Jarmusch

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Editor, Composer, Additional CreditsBorn January 22, 1953 (72 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Dead Man
  • Coffee and Cigarettes
  • Down by Law
  • Porto

Known For

  • Broken Flowers
  • Only Lovers Left Alive
  • Dead Man
  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  • The Dead Don't Die
  • Paterson
  • Stranger Than Paradise
  • Down by Law
  • Coffee and Cigarettes
  • Night on Earth
  • Mystery Train
  • The Limits of Control
  • Permanent Vacation
  • Gimme Danger
  • Coffee and Cigarettes III
  • Coffee and Cigarettes
  • Porto
  • Coffee and Cigarettes II
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
  • Year of the Horse
  • Father Mother Sister Brother
  • Blue in the Face
  • You Are Not I
  • In the Soup

Featured Videos

  • Bill Murray On Working With Jim Jarmusch
    Bill Murray On Working With Jim JarmuschThe Dead Don't DieBehind the Scenes
  • Tilda Swinton On Working With Jim Jarmusch
    Tilda Swinton On Working With Jim JarmuschThe Dead Don't DieBehind the Scenes
  • Jim Jarmusch Bunker
    Jim Jarmusch BunkerUncle HowardScene

Jim Jarmusch Filmography

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series) · as Fisherman
1997
1996
Sling Blade · as Frostee Cream Boy
1995
1994
Iron Horsemen · as Silver Rider
1993
1992
In the Soup · as Monty
1990
The Golden Boat · as Stranger
1989
The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Jim Jarmusch (voice)
1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America · as Car Dealer | New York
1987
Candy Mountain · as (uncredited)
1987
1987
Straight to Hell · as Amos Dade
1982
Vortex · as Voice Over

2023
Cinéma Laika · as Self
2022
2022
2022
2022
2021
2019
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (TV Series) · as Self
2019
What We Do in the Shadows (TV Series) · as Jim Jarmusch
2018
The Ravenite · as Himself
2018
2018
2018
Sukita · as Self
2017
2017
2016
Uncle Howard · as Self
2016
Gimme Danger · as Self (voice)
2015
2014
Red Carpet · as Self
2014
Park Bench (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2013
Song from the Forest · as Himself
2013
2011
Don't Expect Too Much · as Himself
2010
Blank City · as Self
2009
Reel Injun · as Self
2009
Bored to Death (TV Series) · as Self
2009
2008
40 x 15 · as Self
2007
2005
Punk: Attitude · as Self
2004
2003
2003
Hollywood High · as Self
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
In Bad Taste · as Self
2000
1998
1998
V.I.P. (TV Series) · as Jim Jarmusch
1998
ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Divine Trash · as Self
1998
1997
We're Outta Here! · as Himself
1997
1996
1996
1995
American Cinema (TV Series) · as Self
1994
1991
Fishing With John (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1988
1984
Fräulein Berlin · as Himself
1980
Lightning Over Water · as Self (uncredited)
1968
60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Director (segment "roberto Benigni")

2025
Father Mother Sister Brother · as Executive Producer
2016
Porto · as Executive Producer
2016
Uncle Howard · as Executive Producer
2008
Explicit Ills · as Executive Producer
1999
1993
When Pigs Fly · as Executive Producer
1991
1981
1980

2025
Father Mother Sister Brother · as Original Music Composer
2023
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray · as Original Music Composer
2018
Robby Müller: Living the Light · as Original Music Composer
2016
Paterson · as Original Music Composer
2013
Only Lovers Left Alive · as Musician
1997
Year of the Horse · as Director Of Photography
1986
Sleepwalk · as Cinematographer
1983
Burroughs: The Movie · as Sound Recordist
1981
You Are Not I · as Director Of Photography
1980
Underground U.S.A. · as Sound Recordist
1980
Permanent Vacation · as Story

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