Jim Jarmusch
Known for directing · Born 22 January 1953 · 73 · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
115 credits
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).
Known for
The Dead Don't Die
2019
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
Paterson
2016
Dead Man
1995
Broken Flowers
2005
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Night on Earth
1991
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Down by Law
1986
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
Mystery Train
1989
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
Acting (71)
2025AdiosFilm
2024Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan ShawSelfFilm
2023Cinéma LaikaSelfFilm
2023SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing BandMember of SQÜRLFilm
2023Spirit of GolfSelfFilm
2022Fragments of ParadiseSelfFilm
2022Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelfFilm
2021Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by MyselfHimselfFilm
2020The Raconteurs Live at Electric LadySelfFilm
2019What We Do in the ShadowsJim JarmuschSeries
2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelfFilm
2018Carmine Street GuitarsSelfFilm
2018Living the Light: Robby MüllerSelfFilm
2018The RaveniteHimselfFilm
2017Uncle HowardSelfFilm
2016Gimme DangerSelf (voice)Film
2015Hot Sugar's Cold WorldSelfFilm
2014Song from the ForestHimselfFilm
2014Travelling at Night with Jim JarmuschSelfFilm
2013Picasso BabySelfFilm
2013A Tribute To Ron AshetonSelfFilm
2011Blank CitySelfFilm
2011Don't Expect Too MuchHimselfFilm
2010Reel InjunSelfFilm
2010Behind Jim JarmuschSelfFilm
2009Bored to DeathSelfSeries
2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelfFilm
2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelfFilm
2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenSelfFilm
2005Punk: AttitudeSelfFilm
2005Excavating Taylor MeadSelfFilm
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelfFilm
2004Ramones: We're Outta Here!SelfFilm
2003Chaplin Today: A King in New YorkSelfFilm
2003Rockets Redglare!SelfFilm
2001Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on MeHimselfFilm
2001Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a SamuraiFilm
2001Some Days in January, 1984Film
2000Divine TrashSelfFilm
1999SpongeBob SquarePantsFishermanSeries
1999In Bad TasteSelfFilm
1998V.I.P.Jim JarmuschSeries
1998Independent FocusSelfSeries
1998Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John BoormanSelfFilm
1997Year of the HorseSelfFilm
1997R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe ColemanFilm
1996Sling BladeFrostee Cream BoyFilm
1996Cannes ManSelfFilm
1996The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie CameraSelfFilm
1995Blue in the FaceBobFilm
1995Iron HorsemenSilver RiderFilm
1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSeries
1994Tigrero: A Film That Was Never MadeSelfFilm
1993Made in the USASelfFilm
1993StrummerFilm
1992In the SoupMontyFilm
1991Fishing with JohnSelfSeries
1991The Golden BoatStrangerFilm
1989The SimpsonsJim Jarmusch (voice)Series
1989Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaCar Dealer | New YorkFilm
1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightSelf - Audience MemberFilm
1988Candy Mountain(uncredited)Film
1987Straight to HellAmos DadeFilm
1987Helsinki Napoli All Night LongBarkeeper #2Film
1985The Ballad of Sexual DependencyFilm
1984Fräulein BerlinhimselfFilm
1984Kino '84: The Making of Jim JarmuschIntervieweeFilm
1984American AutobahnMovie ProducerFilm
1982VortexVoice OverFilm
1981Only YouFilm
1980Lightning Over WaterSelf (uncredited)Film
Camera (1)
1986SleepwalkCamera OperatorFilm
Crew (1)
1988MeThanksFilm
Directing (18)
2025A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice DomondDirector, CinematographyFilm
2019The Dead Don't DieDirector, WriterFilm
2016PatersonDirector, Original Music Composer, WriterFilm
2009The Limits of ControlDirector, WriterFilm
2005Broken FlowersDirector, WriterFilm
2002Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetDirector, WriterFilm
2002Int. Trailer. NightDirectorFilm
1997Year of the HorseDirector, Director of PhotographyFilm
1995Dead ManDirector, WriterFilm
1992BAD I+IIDirectorFilm
1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirectorFilm
1989Mystery TrainDirector, WriterFilm
1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantDirectorFilm
1987Coffee and CigarettesDirector, WriterFilm
1986Down by LawDirector, WriterFilm
1983Stranger Than ParadiseDirectorFilm
1981Permanent VacationDirector, Producer, Editor, Story, Screenplay, MusicFilm
—Sheep & WolfDirector, WriterFilm
Editing (1)
2004Coffee and CigarettesEditor, Director, ScreenplayFilm
Production (8)
2023SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing BandExecutive ProducerFilm
2017PortoExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Uncle HowardExecutive ProducerFilm
2008Explicit IllsExecutive ProducerFilm
1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiProducer, Director, WriterFilm
1993When Pigs FlyExecutive ProducerFilm
1991Night on EarthProducer, Screenplay, DirectorFilm
—Garden of AshesProducerFilm
Sound (8)
2026Nova '78SoundFilm
2025FathomMusicFilm
2024Return to Reason: Four Films by Man RayOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2023Pre-PromMusicFilm
2018Living the Light: Robby MüllerOriginal Music ComposerFilm
1984Burroughs: The MovieSound RecordistFilm
1982The State of ThingsMusicFilm
1980Underground U.S.A.Sound RecordistFilm
Writing (7)
2025Father Mother Sister BrotherWriter, Director, Executive Producer, Original Music ComposerFilm
2016Gimme DangerWriter, DirectorFilm
2013Only Lovers Left AliveWriter, Director, MusicianFilm
1997Coffee and Cigarettes IIIWriter, DirectorFilm
1989Coffee and Cigarettes IIWriter, DirectorFilm
1984Stranger Than ParadiseScreenplay, Director, EditorFilm
1981You Are Not IWriter, Producer, Director of PhotographyFilm