Jim Jarmusch
Directing
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).
Born: January 22, 1953 · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
Filmography (63)
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
WriterDirector+2
The Dead Don't Die
2019
DirectorWriter
TV
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
Actor: Jim Jarmusch
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018
Actor
Living the Light: Robby Müller
2018
ActorOriginal Music Composer
Carmine Street Guitars
2018
Actor
Porto
2017
Executive Producer
Uncle Howard
2017
ActorExecutive Producer
Paterson
2016
DirectorOriginal Music Composer+1
Gimme Danger
2016
Actor: Self (voice)Writer+1
Hot Sugar's Cold World
2015
Actor
Song from the Forest
2014
Actor: Himself
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
WriterDirector+1
Blank City
2011
Actor
Reel Injun
2010
Actor
TV
Bored to Death
2009
Actor
The Limits of Control
2009
DirectorWriter
Explicit Ills
2008
Executive Producer
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Actor
Broken Flowers
2005
DirectorWriter
Punk: Attitude
2005
Actor
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
Actor
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
EditorDirector+1
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
DirectorWriter
Divine Trash
2000
Actor
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
ProducerDirector+1
In Bad Taste
1999
Actor
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Actor: Fisherman
TV
V.I.P.
1998
Actor: Jim Jarmusch
Year of the Horse
1997
ActorDirector+1
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997
WriterDirector
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1997
Actor
Sling Blade
1996
Actor: Frostee Cream Boy
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
1996
Actor
Cannes Man
1996
Actor
Dead Man
1995
DirectorWriter
Blue in the Face
1995
Actor: Bob
TV
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Actor
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made
1994
Actor
When Pigs Fly
1993
Executive Producer
In the Soup
1992
Actor: Monty
Night on Earth
1991
ProducerScreenplay+1
TV
Fishing with John
1991
Actor
The Golden Boat
1991
Actor: Stranger
TV
The Simpsons
1989
Actor: Jim Jarmusch (voic…
Mystery Train
1989
DirectorWriter
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989
Actor: Car Dealer | New Y…
Coffee and Cigarettes II
1989
WriterDirector
Candy Mountain
1988
Actor: (uncredited)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
Actor: Self - Audience Me…
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
Actor: Barkeeper #2
Straight to Hell
1987
Actor: Amos Dade
Down by Law
1986
DirectorWriter
Sleepwalk
1986
Camera Operator
Coffee and Cigarettes
1986
DirectorWriter
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
ScreenplayDirector+1
Burroughs: The Movie
1984
Sound Recordist
Stranger Than Paradise
1983
Director
Vortex
1982
Actor: Voice Over
The State of Things
1982
Music
You Are Not I
1981
WriterProducer+1
Permanent Vacation
1981
DirectorProducer+4
Lightning Over Water
1980
Actor: Self (uncredited)