Jim Jarmusch

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Jim Jarmusch

Directing 73 January 22, 1953

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 c…

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.0 1989 TV Show
SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

7.7 1999 TV Show
The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die

5.4 2019 Movie
Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive

7.2 2013 Movie
Paterson

Paterson

7.1 2016 Movie
Dead Man

Dead Man

7.3 1995 Movie
Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

6.9 2005 Movie
What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows

8.0 2019 TV Show
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

7.4 1999 Movie
Night on Earth

Night on Earth

7.5 1991 Movie
Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

6.9 2004 Movie
Sling Blade

Sling Blade

7.5 1996 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Nova '78

    Movie Sound

  2. 2025
    Father Mother Sister Brother

    Movie Director

  3. 2025
    Fathom

    Movie Music

  4. 2025
    A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond

    Movie Director

  5. 2025
    Adios

    Movie

  6. 2024
    Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw

    Movie Self

  7. 2024
    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2023
    Spirit of Golf

    Movie Self

  9. 2023
    Cinéma Laika

    Movie Self

  10. 2023
    Pre-Prom

    Movie Music

  11. 2023
    SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing Band

    Movie Member of SQÜRL

  12. 2022
    Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Movie Self

  13. 2022
    Fragments of Paradise

    Movie Self

  14. 2021
    Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by Myself

    Movie Himself

  15. 2020
    The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady

    Movie Self

  16. 2019
    The Dead Don't Die

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2019
    What We Do in the Shadows

    TV show Jim Jarmusch

  2. 2018
    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Movie Self

  3. 2018
    The Ravenite

    Movie Himself

  4. 2018
    Living the Light: Robby Müller

    Movie Self

  5. 2018
    Carmine Street Guitars

    Movie Self

  6. 2017
    Porto

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2017
    Uncle Howard

    Movie Self

  8. 2016
    Paterson

    Movie Director

  9. 2016
    Gimme Danger

    Movie Self (voice)

  10. 2015
    Hot Sugar's Cold World

    Movie Self

  11. 2014
    Song from the Forest

    Movie Himself

  12. 2014
    Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch

    Movie Self

  13. 2013
    Only Lovers Left Alive

    Movie Writer

  14. 2013
    Picasso Baby

    Movie Self

  15. 2013
    A Tribute To Ron Asheton

    Movie Self

  16. 2011
    Don't Expect Too Much

    Movie Himself

  17. 2011
    Blank City

    Movie Self

  18. 2010
    Behind Jim Jarmusch

    Movie Self

  19. 2010
    Reel Injun

    Movie Self

  20. 2009
    Bored to Death

    TV show Self

  21. 2009
    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

    Movie Self

  22. 2009
    The Limits of Control

    Movie Director

  23. 2009
    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Movie Self

  24. 2008
    Explicit Ills

    Movie Executive Producer