Ted Demme Biography

Occup.	Director
From	USA
Born	October 26, 1963
Died	January 13, 2002
Aged	38 years

Edward K. (Ted) Demme was birthed in New York City on October 26, 1963, to Doris as well as Edward Demme, a director, as well as manufacturer. He was the nephew of renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Raised in Rockville Centre, Long Island, Demme took a very early passion in filmmaking, developing short movies with close friends in high school.

In 1985, Demme began working as a production aide on the set of Yo! MTV Raps, a prominent hip-hop tv show on MTV. His enthusiasm for songs would certainly stay a lifelong impact in his occupation as a filmmaker. Working his method up in the sector, Demme began guiding video for musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, House of Pain, ZZ Top, as well as others.

Ted Demme's initial significant work in the film market was a television flick called "The Bet" (1992) which he routed. Nonetheless, his innovation came with the release of "Who's the Man?" (1993), a comedy movie that included a slew of well-known hip-hop artists, consisting of Ice-T and Salt-N-Pepa. The film garnered Demme considerable attention in Hollywood as well as would work as a stepping-stone for his succeeding successful ventures.

Demme guided the seriously well-known film "The Ref" (1994), starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, and also Kevin Spacey. It showcased Demme's ability for integrating uncommon characters with comedy and also dramatization. Denis Leary as well as Ted Demme went on to collaborate on several projects, including the successful funny collection "The Job" (2001-2002).

In 1996, Demme directed the movie "Beautiful Girls," a significant comedy featuring Timothy Hutton as well as Natalie Portman that focused around a high school get-together, which was commended for its emotional vibration and also performances. However, probably his most famous movie was "Blow" (2001), a biographical police procedural starring Johnny Depp that chronicled the life of George Jung, a notorious drug dealer who functioned as a considerable factor to the American drug market in the 1970s and early 1980s. Although "Blow" got combined evaluations, Johnny Depp's performance as George Jung and also Demme's elegant instructions were applauded.

Past movies, Demme kept an effective job as a television manufacturer as well as director, developing programs such as "Action" (1999-2000) and later, "Street Time" (2002), a crime drama that premiered after Demme's fatality.

Ted Demme was married to Amanda Scheer from 1994 up until his fatality in 2002. They had 2 kids together, Jaxon and also Dexter. Unfortunately, Demme dropped dead on January 13, 2002, at the age of 38 due to a cardiovascular disease while playing basketball. His death was a significant loss in the filmmaking community, as he was a well-respected, gifted director and producer. His life and also profession made a long-term effect on American movie theater, as well as his work will forever be remembered as innovative as well as exciting.

Our collection contains 13 quotes who is written / told by Ted.

Related authors: Denis Leary (Actor), Jonathan Demme (Director), Timothy Hutton (Actor), Natalie Portman (Actress), Kevin Spacey (Actor), Bruce Springsteen (Musician), Johnny Depp (Actor), Judy Davis (Actress), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

13 Famous quotes by Ted Demme

"And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used"

"You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route back to Jonathan. But I love him to death. He's like my best friend and my big brother"

"I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a father and his son, and that son and his daughter"

"There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again"

"The older I get the more I realize there's no real good guys or real bad guys, and I'm curious about how the good guys got good and how the bad guys got bad"

"I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince"

"I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened"

"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff"

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life"

"I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were"

"But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal"

"That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films"

"I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film"