Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

Directing

Born January 22, 1953 · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA

27 films as director · Active 1981–2025

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…

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

V.I.P.

V.I.P.

1998

What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows

2019

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994

Bored to Death

Bored to Death

2009

Uncle Howard

Uncle Howard

2017

Sling Blade

Sling Blade

1996

Directed(27)

Father Mother Sister Brother

2025Father Mother Sister Brother★ 6.4

2025A Short Film by Jim Jarmusch, Starring Beatrice Domond★ 6.0

The Dead Don't Die

2019The Dead Don't Die★ 5.4

Paterson

2016Paterson★ 7.1

Gimme Danger

2016Gimme Danger★ 6.9

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013Only Lovers Left Alive★ 7.2

The Limits of Control

2009The Limits of Control★ 6.0

Broken Flowers

2005Broken Flowers★ 6.9

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004Coffee and Cigarettes★ 6.9

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet★ 6.9

Int. Trailer. Night

2002Int. Trailer. Night

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai★ 7.3

Year of the Horse

1997Year of the Horse★ 6.4

Coffee and Cigarettes III

1997Coffee and Cigarettes III★ 7.2

Dead Man

1995Dead Man★ 7.3

BAD I+II

1992BAD I+II★ 8.0

Night on Earth

1991Night on Earth★ 7.5

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Mystery Train

1989Mystery Train★ 7.3

Coffee and Cigarettes II

1989Coffee and Cigarettes II★ 6.8

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

1988Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant★ 7.8

Coffee and Cigarettes

1987Coffee and Cigarettes★ 7.0

Down by Law

1986Down by Law★ 7.3

Stranger Than Paradise

1984Stranger Than Paradise★ 7.2

Stranger Than Paradise

1983Stranger Than Paradise★ 7.5

Permanent Vacation

1981Permanent Vacation★ 5.9

—Sheep & Wolf

Acting(71)

2024Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan ShawSelf

2023Spirit of GolfSelf

Jim Jarmusch — Watchpile | Watchpile

2023Cinéma LaikaSelf

2023SQÜRL, Man Ray's Backing BandMember of SQÜRL

2022Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf

2022Fragments of ParadiseSelf

2021Jim Jarmusch: I Love to Take the Subway by MyselfHimself

2020The Raconteurs Live at Electric LadySelf

2019What We Do in the ShadowsJim Jarmusch

2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf

2018The RaveniteHimself

2018Living the Light: Robby MüllerSelf

2018Carmine Street GuitarsSelf

2017Uncle HowardSelf

2016Gimme DangerSelf (voice)

2015Hot Sugar's Cold WorldSelf

2014Song from the ForestHimself

2014Travelling at Night with Jim JarmuschSelf

2013Picasso BabySelf

2013A Tribute To Ron AshetonSelf

2011Don't Expect Too MuchHimself

2011Blank CitySelf

2010Behind Jim JarmuschSelf

2010Reel InjunSelf

2009Bored to DeathSelf

2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelf

2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf

2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenSelf

2005Excavating Taylor MeadSelf

2005Punk: AttitudeSelf

2004Ramones: We're Outta Here!Self

2004Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf

2003Rockets Redglare!Self

2003Chaplin Today: A King in New YorkSelf

2001Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on MeHimself

2001Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai

2001Some Days in January, 1984

2000Divine TrashSelf

1999In Bad TasteSelf

1999SpongeBob SquarePantsFisherman

1998V.I.P.Jim Jarmusch

1998Independent FocusSelf

1998Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John BoormanSelf

1997Year of the HorseSelf

1997R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman

1996Sling BladeFrostee Cream Boy

1996The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie CameraSelf

1996Cannes ManSelf

1995Blue in the FaceBob

1995Iron HorsemenSilver Rider

1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1994Tigrero: A Film That Was Never MadeSelf

1993Made in the USASelf

1992In the SoupMonty

1991Fishing with JohnSelf

1991The Golden BoatStranger

1989The SimpsonsJim Jarmusch (voice)

1989Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaCar Dealer | New York

1988Candy Mountain(uncredited)

1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightSelf - Audience Member

1987Helsinki Napoli All Night LongBarkeeper #2

1987Straight to HellAmos Dade

1985The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

1984Kino '84: The Making of Jim JarmuschInterviewee

1984American AutobahnMovie Producer

1984Fräulein Berlinhimself

1982VortexVoice Over

1980Lightning Over WaterSelf (uncredited)