Ted Demme

About Ted Demme

Who is it?: Director, Producer, Actor
Birth Day: October 26, 1963
Birth Place:  New York City, New York, United States
Died On: January 13, 2002(2002-01-13) (aged 38)\nSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Occupation: Director, producer, actor
Years active: 1988–2002
Spouse(s): Amanda Scheer (m. 1994; his death 2002)
Children: 2
Relatives: Jonathan Demme (uncle)

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Ted Demme was born on October 26, 1963 in  New York City, New York, United States, is Director, Producer, Actor. Ted Demme was born on October 26, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA as Edward Demme. He was a director and producer, known for Blow (2001), Beautiful Girls (1996) and A Decade Under the Influence (2003). He was married to Amanda Scheer-Demme. He died on January 13, 2002 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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Biography/Timeline

1985

Demme was born in New York City, the son of Gail (née Kern) and Frederick Rogers Demme. He grew up in Rockville Centre, New York on Long Island and attended South Side Senior High School. He graduated from SUNY-Cortland in 1985. He was the nephew of film Producer and Director Jonathan Demme.

2001

Over the course of his career, he established a group of actors that he chose to work with on more than one occasion. The most frequently used of these was Leary, whom he directed as a lead or star in No Cure for Cancer, The Ref, and Monument Ave. Leary produced the 2001 crime drama film Blow, which starred Johnny Depp as George Jung and was directed by Demme.

2002

The 2002 film Punch-Drunk Love, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, is dedicated to Demme.

2003

Rock musician Greg Dulli wrote The Twilight Singers' 2003 album Blackberry Belle in Demme's memory.

2014

Demme's media career may have begun with a radio show at WSUC-FM (SUNY-Cortland), a mix of comedy and talk radio with the usual sidekick, as well as some music and was widely listened to on and off campus. His career had modest beginnings—starting as a production assistant at MTV, he later became a Producer in the On-Air Promotions Department and created the cable network's seminal hip-hop show Yo! MTV Raps (with Peter Dougherty), and directed other projects for them, including the infamous black-and-white rants starring then-unknown chain-smoking Comedian Denis Leary.