Demme would continue to live in the world of concert films throughout his career, directing three features about Neil Young as well as Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids and others.
Indiewire reports that Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme died this morning in New York at the age of 73 after suffering from esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease.
Demme began his career in the mid-’70s working on a series of low-budget films for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, including Angels Hard as They Come, Caged Heat, and Crazy Mama.
Following that, he directed Philidelphia with Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks, who won his first Academy Award for the role.