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 Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of '75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York.Jarmusch came to New York City from Akron, Ohio to study at Columbia and NYU's film school. He would also study film at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. He worked as an assistant on Lightning Over Water (1980), a film by Nicholas Ray and Wim Wenders, before making his first film, _Permanent Vacation (1982)_, made for roughly $15,000. After much hustling, he found a German producer by the name of Otto Grokenberger, who stayed out of his way and provided him with complete artistic control. The result was the highly stimulating Stranger Than Paradise (1984), a film he structured around Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song, "I Put A Spell On You", and which would go on to win the Camera D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Bio:
Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of '75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York.
Jarmusch came to New York City from Akron, Ohio to study at Columbia and NYU's film school. He would also study film at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. He worked as an assistant on Lightning Over Water (1980), a film by Nicholas Ray and Wim Wenders, before making his first film, _Permanent Vacation (1982)_, made for roughly $15,000. After much hustling, he found a German producer by the name of Otto Grokenberger, who stayed out of his way and provided him with complete artistic control. The result was the highly stimulating Stranger Than Paradise (1984), a film he structured around Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song, "I Put A Spell On You", and which would go on to win the Camera D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Tivia:
Founder member of "the Sons of Lee Marvin". Other members include Tom Waits, Thurston Moore, John Lurie, Nick Cave. Membership requires a plausible likeness to Lee Marvin such that you could be rumored to be his son.At college one of his professors was cult director Nicholas Ray. They formed a friendship and Jarmusch became his assistant for the making of a film.Doesn't allow his movies to be dubbed for foreign movie markets. They are mostly shown with subtitles in other countries. His only films that were dubbed are Down by Law (1986) which was dubbed in French and The Dead Don't Die (2019) which was dubbed in French and Spanish.Up until 2005, has never made a film under a studio's watch.Once almost died from eating wild mushrooms, which resulted in an interest in the study of mushroom.He owns the negatives to all his own films, except one, Year of the Horse (1997), which he made for Neil Young.Stopped drinking coffee in 1986, the year of the first installment of Coffee and Cigarettes, though he continues to smoke cigarettes.Likes seeing his films once, with a paying audience that doesn't know he is there, after that he doesn't want to see them ever again.According to Roger Ebert, 'there is a deep embedding of comedy, nostalgia, shabby sadness and visual beauty' in his work.Good friend of Aki Kaurism?ki, Finnish director of The Man Without a Past (2002). Placed the final segment of his movie Night on Earth (1991) in Finland with the three characters speaking Finnish.Chris Parker, who starred in Jarmusch's first film Permanent Vacation (1980) was a friend of Jarmusch's and had never acted before (according to a 2/2/94 interview with Jarmusch). When Jarmusch submitted "Permanent Vacation" to Tisch as his film thesis/project, they wouldn't accept it - apparently, they didn't think it was worth their time.Often described as the archetypal auteur of American independent film.Has lived with his girlfriend, filmmaker Sara Driver, for 20 years. [2005]Although Broken Flowers (2005) came out after Lost in Translation (2003), Jarmusch wrote the script exclusively for Bill Murray before Sofia Coppola.Is a member of rock band SQ��RL with film associate Carter Logan and sound engineer Shane Stoneback.Stated that his goal was "to approximate real time for the audience.".He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Stranger Than Paradise (1984).Father worked at the Goodrich tire plant in Akron, Ohio. Mother reviewed films for the Akron Beacon Journal.Guest with Johnny Depp of Belgrade Film Festival FEST in 1992.Attended Columbia University.Novelist Paul Auster described the characters in Jarmusch's films as "laconic, withdrawn, sorrowful mumblers".Is a founding member of The Sons of Lee Marvin, a humorous "semi-secret society" of artists resembling the iconic actor.He doesn't have a personal e-mail account.Is the older brother of Ann and Tom Jarmusch.On Feb. 2, 1994, Jarmusch appeared for an interview before an audience on the first night of a retrospective of his films held by the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN. |
| Name: |
Jim Jarmusch |
Type: |
Director,Writer,Actor (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Director,Writer,Actor |
| Products for sale: |
Director,Writer,Actor |
| Model rank: |
690 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:30:33 |
| Height: |
6' 2' (1.88 m) |
| Biography: |
Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of \'75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York.Jarmusch came to |
| Trivia: |
Founder member of "the Sons of Lee Marvin". Other members include Tom Waits, Thurston Moore, John Lurie, Nick Cave. Membership requires a plausible likeness to Lee Marvin such that you could be rumored to be his son.At college one of his professors was cult director Nicholas Ray. They formed a friendship and Jarmusch became his assistant for the making of a film.Doesn't allow his movies to be dubbed for foreign movie markets. They are mostly shown with subtitles in other countries. His only films that were dubbed are Down by Law (1986) which was dubbed in French and The Dead Don't Die (2019) which was dubbed in French and Spanish.Up until 2005, has never made a film under a studio's watch.Once almost died from eating wild mushrooms, which resulted in an interest in the study of mushroom.He owns the negatives to all his own films, except one, Year of the Horse (1997), which he made for Neil Young.Stopped drinking coffee in 1986, the year of the first installment of Coffee and Cigarettes, though he continues to smoke cigarettes.Likes seeing his films once, with a paying audience that doesn't know he is there, after that he doesn't want to see them ever again.According to Roger Ebert, 'there is a deep embedding of comedy, nostalgia, shabby sadness and visual beauty' in his work.Good friend of Aki Kaurism?ki, Finnish director of The Man Without a Past (2002). Placed the final segment of his movie Night on Earth (1991) in Finland with the three characters speaking Finnish.Chris Parker, who starred in Jarmusch's first film Permanent Vacation (1980) was a friend of Jarmusch's and had never acted before (according to a 2/2/94 interview with Jarmusch). When Jarmusch submitted "Permanent Vacation" to Tisch as his film thesis/project, they wouldn't accept it - apparently, they didn't think it was worth their time.Often described as the archetypal auteur of American independent film.Has lived with his girlfriend, filmmaker Sara Driver, for 20 years. [2005]Although Broken Flowers (2005) came out after Lost in Translation (2003), Jarmusch wrote the script exclusively for Bill Murray before Sofia Coppola.Is a member of rock band SQ��RL with film associate Carter Logan and sound engineer Shane Stoneback.Stated that his goal was "to approximate real time for the audience.".He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Stranger Than Paradise (1984).Father worked at the Goodrich tire plant in Akron, Ohio. Mother reviewed films for the Akron Beacon Journal.Guest with Johnny Depp of Belgrade Film Festival FEST in 1992.Attended Columbia University.Novelist Paul Auster described the characters in Jarmusch's films as "laconic, withdrawn, sorrowful mumblers".Is a founding member of The Sons of Lee Marvin, a humorous "semi-secret society" of artists resembling the iconic actor.He doesn't have a personal e-mail account.Is the older brother of Ann and Tom Jarmusch.On Feb. 2, 1994, Jarmusch appeared for an interview before an audience on the first night of a retrospective of his films held by the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN. |
| Trademarks: |
Stationary camera (deadpan). His films often involve travlers as well as life after midnight. Shows and views the American landscape from a non-commercial viewpoint (e.g. the tavern were everybody knows your name instead of franchised stripmalls)
Often casts musicians as actors in his films
Salt & pepper hair
The narrative structure of his films mostly lack clear plot progression and focus more on mood and character development
Offscreen distant train whistle |
| Quotes: |
I know. It's all so . . . independent. I'm so sick of that word. I reach for my revolver when I hear the word 'quirky.' Or 'edgy.' Those words are now becoming labels that are slapped on products to sell them. Anyone who makes a film that is the film they want to make, and it is not defined by marketing analysis or a commercial enterprise, is independent. My movies are kind of made by hand. They're not polished -- they're sort of built in the garage. It's more like being an artisan in some way.
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I consider myself a dilettante in a positive way, and I always have. That affects my sense of filmmaking.
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I feel so lucky. During the late 70's in New York, anything seemed possible. You could make a movie or a record and work part time, and you could find an apartment for 160 bucks a month. And the conversations were about ideas. No one was talking about money. It was pretty amazing. But looking back is dangerous. I don't like nostalgia. But, still, damn, it was fun. I'm glad I was there.
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I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.
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I'm happiest when I'm shooting the movie. Filming is like sex. Writing the script is like seduction, then shooting is like sex because you're doing the movie with other people. Editing is like being pregnant, and then you give birth and they take your baby away. After this process is done, I will watch the movie one more time with a paying audience that doesn't know I'm there, and then I will never see it again. I'm so sick of it. |
| Job title: |
Director,Writer,Actor |
| Others works: |
Provides the voice for Hunter S. Thompson in the audiobook adaptation of Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
Directed the music video for the song "Steady, As She Goes" by The Raconteurs, off their "Broken Boy Soldie |
| Parents: |
Ruth Elizabeth
Robert Thomas Jarmusch |
| Relatives: |
Tom Jarmusch (Sibling)
Ann Jarmusch (Sibling) |
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