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Jim Jarmusch
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In short · Directing since 1980, 5 decades active, 52 credits.
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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).
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Father Mother Sister Brother(2025)
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The Dead Don't Die(2019)
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Paterson(2016)
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Only Lovers Left Alive(2013)
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The Limits of Control(2009)
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Broken Flowers(2005)
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Coffee and Cigarettes(2003)
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Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet(2002)
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999)
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Dead Man(1995)
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Coffee and Cigarettes III(1993)
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Night on Earth(1991)
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Coffee and Cigarettes II(1989)
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Mystery Train(1989)
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Coffee and Cigarettes(1986)
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Down by Law(1986)
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Stranger Than Paradise(1984)
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Stranger Than Paradise(1983)
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Permanent Vacation(1980)
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Additional credits24Show
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- Fragments of ParadiseSelf · 2022
- Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan ShawSelf · 2022
- Yale Photo Pop Up Lecture SeriesSelf - Guest · 2020
- Robby Müller: Living the LightSelf · 2018
- SukitaSelf · 2018
- Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf · 2017
- Gimme DangerSelf · 2016
- Uncle HowardSelf · 2016
- Hot Sugar's Cold WorldSelf · 2015
- Travelling at Night with Jim JarmuschSelf · 2014
- Song from the ForestSelf · 2013
- Behind Jim JarmuschSelf · 2010
- Reel InjunSelf · 2009
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenSelf · 2007
- Excavating Taylor MeadSelf · 2005
- Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf · 2004
- Chaplin Today: A King in New YorkSelf · 2003
- Rockets Redglare!Self · 2003
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on MeSelf · 2001
- Year of the HorseSelf · 1997
- R.I.P., Rest in PiecesSelf · 1997
- The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie CameraSelf · 1996
- Tigrero: A Film That Was Never MadeSelf · 1994
- Fishing with JohnSelf · 1991
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