Jim Jarmusch Biography (1953-)
Born January 22, 1953, in Akron, OH; son of a businessperson and a reporter;companion of Sara Driver (a director, producer, and actress). Addresses: Office: Exoskeleton, Inc., 208 East Sixth St., New York, NY 10003.; Agent:International Creative Management, 40 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019.
Director, producer, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor, actor
Permanent Vacation, 1980
Stranger Than Paradise Part One: The New World (also known as The New World and Stranger Than Paradise), 1982, released by SamuelGoldwyn, 1984
Coffee and Cigarettes, 1986
Down by Law, Island Pictures, 1986
Coffee and Cigarettes Part Two (also known as Coffee and Cigarettes: Memphis Version), 1988
Mystery Train, Orion Classics, 1989
Night on Earth (also known as LANewYorkParisRomeHelsinki and Une nuit sur terre), Fine Line, 1992
Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California (also known as Coffee and Cigarettes III), 1993
Dead Man (also known as Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man), Miramax,1995
The Year of the Horse (also known as Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live), October Films, 1997
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (also known as Ghost Dog, lavoie du samourai and Ghost Dog--Der Weg des Samurai), Artisan Entertainment, 2000
"Int. Trailer Night," Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, Blue Dolphin, 2002
Coffee and Cigarettes, United Artists, 2003
You Are Not I, 1981
Executive producer, When Pigs Fly (also known as Wenn Schweinefliegen), 1993
Sleepwalk, 1986
"Somewhere in California," Coffee and Cigarettes, United Artists,2003
Film Sound Recording Technician
Underground U.S.A., 1980
Burroughs, 1988
Production assistant, Lightning over Water (also known as Nick's Film--Lightning over Water and Nicks Movie), 1979
Camera operator, Sleepwalk, 1986
Himself, Fraulein Berlin, 1982
Movie producer, American Autobahn, 1984
Mr. Dade, Straight to Hell, Island Pictures, 1987
Candy Mountain, International Film Exchange, 1987
Running Out of Luck, 1987
Second barkeeper, Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (also known as Helsinki-Naples All Night Long), 1988
Car dealer in New York, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, 1989
A stranger, The Golden Boat, 1990
Monty, In the Soup (also known as In the Soup--Alles Kino and In the Soup--un mare di guai), Triton Pictures, 1992
Himself, Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (also known as Tigrero: Ein Film, der nie gemacht wurde and Tigrero--elokuva joka ei valmistunut), Marianna Films, 1994
Silver Rider, Iron Horseman (also known as Bad Trip), 1994
Himself, Blue in the Face, Miramax, 1995
Frostee Cream boy, Sling Blade (also known as Reckoning), Miramax, 1996
Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man and Con Man), 1996
Himself, R.I.P., Rest in Pieces, Media Luna, 1997
Himself, The Year of the Horse (also known as Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live), October Films, 1997
Himself, Divine Trash, 1998
L.A. without a Map, SND, 1999
Himself, Quien es Alejandro Chomski? (also known as Who Is Alejandro Chomski?), 2002
Himself, Rockets Redglare!, Benzfilm Group/Big Plate Pictures, 2003
Also appeared in Red Italy.
Segment director, "It's Alright With Me," Red, Hot & Blue, ABC, 1990
Himself, The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, syndicated, 1996
Himself, Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (documentary), American Movie Classics, 1998
Himself, Pop Odyssee 2--House of the Rising Punk, 1998
In Bad Taste: The John Waters Story, Independent Film Channel, 1999
Himself, Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me, 2001
Himself, The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, IndependentFilm Channel, 2001
Himself, Hollywood High (documentary), American Movie Classics, 2003
Himself, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, 2004
American Cinema, PBS, 1995
Himself, "Rio Ghosto," Space Ghost Coast to Coast (live action andanimated), The Cartoon Network, 1998
Himself, Fishing with John, Independent Film Channel, 1998
Himself, "Hooky/Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II," SpongeBob SquarePants (animated), Nickelodeon, 2000
(Uncredited) Himself, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Val," V.I.P. (alsoknown as V.I.P.--Die Bodyguards), syndicated, 2001
Himself, Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3--Toronto, BroadcastDVD, 2000
Music Video Director
"The Lady Don't Mind," by the Talking Heads, 1985
"Sightsee M.C.!," by Big Audio Dynamite, 1986
"It's All Right with Me," by Tom Waits, 1990
"Big Time," by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 1996
Taped Readings
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (dramatic reading with others), byHunter S. Thompson, Island, 1996
Der Stand der Dinge (also known as O estado das coisas andThe State of Things), 1982
Composer of the score for Reverse Angle. Songs with the group theDel-Byzanteens include "Atom Satellite."
Cineaste, spring, 1996, p. 20
Film Comment, May/June, 1992, p. 35
Interview, June, 2004
New Statesman, July 5, 1996, p. 41
New York Times, April 30, 1992; February 29, 2000
Premiere, February, 2000
Rolling Stone, November 6, 1986, pp. 34, 38
Time, March 13, 2000