I didn’t get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.
Jim Jarmusch Quotes
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.
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| Birth: | 22nd January, 1953 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Film Director, Screenwriter |
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James Robert Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA. He is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, composer and editor. He earned a BA degree in English and American Literature from Columbia University in 1975. He also studied at Northwestern University and Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He directed several films include: Permanent Vacation (also producer, writer, editor, music), Stranger Than Paradise (also writer, editor), Down by Law (also writer), Mystery Train (also writer), Night on Earth (also producer, writer), Dead Man (also writer), Year of the Horse (also writer), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (also producer, writer), Coffee and Cigarettes (also writer, editor), Broken Flowers (also writer), The Limits of Control (also writer), Only Lovers Left Alive (also writer), Paterson (also writer), and Gimme Danger (also writer). As a musician, he has composed music for his films and released two albums with Jozef van Wissem. His role in several films include: Straight to Hell, Helsinki Napoli All Night Long, The Golden Boat, In the Soup, Blue in the Face, and Sling Blade.
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