Jim Jarmusch

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Birth Name: James Robert Jarmusch

Age: 73, born 22 January 1953

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 2"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Sara Driver

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Description: 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 ... (more)

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1. The Simpsons (1989)

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2. Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)

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3. Bored to Death

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4. What We Do in the Shadows (2019)

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5. 60 Minutes (1968)

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1. Dead Man (1995)

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2. Broken Flowers (2005)

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3. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

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4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

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5. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

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1. Dead Man (1995)

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4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

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1. Sling Blade (1997)

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2. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

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3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

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4. Blue in the Face (1995)

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5. In the Soup (1992)

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2. Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman

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"2017 Rank: #35 2016 Rank: #39 2015 Rank: #40 2014 Rank: #42 2013 Rank: #47 2012 Rank: #43 2011 Rank: -- 2010 Rank: -- 2009 Rank: -- a. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) b. Dead Man (1995) c. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) d. Broken Flowers (2005) e. Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) f. Gimme Danger (2016) g. Paterson (2016) "

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