Jim Jarmusch
Biography
Jim Jarmusch is an American filmmaker and musician who became a central figure in independent cinema after his first feature, Permanent Vacation, appeared in 1980. Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, he studied literature and film before making Stranger Than Paradise (1984), a deadpan comedy that won the Camera d'Or at Cannes and became a landmark of American independent film. He went on to direct Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and Paterson (2016). Broken Flowers won the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) won the Golden Lion at Venice. He also appeared in Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989), played in the no wave band The Del-Byzanteens, composed music for some of his films, and released albums with Jozef van Wissem.
73years old
Turns 74 on January 22in 101 days
- Born Cuyahoga Falls
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- James Roberto Jarmusch (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 31 years1989 to 2020
Genres
- Documentary73%, 8 films
- Comedy27%, 3 films
- Music27%, 3 films
- Biography18%, 2 films
- History18%, 2 films
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First role
Jarmusch's first feature film, Permanent Vacation, was his final university project, completed in 1980. Tom DiCillo shot it on 16 mm film, and it cost about $12,000 taken from misdirected scholarship funds.
A first
Jarmusch wrote and directed The Dead Don't Die, his first horror film and a zombie comedy. Its ensemble cast included Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Tilda Swinton, Carol Kane, and Selena Gomez.
Beyond film
In the early 1980s Jarmusch played keyboards and sang as one of two vocalists in The Del-Byzanteens, a No Wave band. That group put out the LP Lies to Live By in 1982.
Beyond film
Jarmusch plays in the avant-garde rock band Sqürl alongside Carter Logan and Shane Stoneback. The group came together to make extra soundtracks for his movie The Limits of Control.
Jim Jarmusch movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Steve Buscemi appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Steve Buscemi's page
John Waters's page
Debbie Harry's page
Iggy Pop's page
John Lurie's page
Richard Boes's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Fab 5 FreddyBlank City (2010) and Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 1984 to 2016, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 2005 | Grand Prix | Broken Flowers | Won |
| 1993 | Short Film Palme d'Or | Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2016 | Officer of Arts and Letters | Won | |
| 2008 | Carrosse d'or | Won | |
| 1996 | European Film Award for Best Non-European Film | Dead Man | Won |
| 1987 | Film Independent Spirit Awards | Down by Law | Won |
| 1984 | Caméra d'Or | Stranger Than Paradise | Won |
| 1984 | Golden Leopard | Stranger Than Paradise | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.