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Jim Jarmusch
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Person

Jim Jarmusch

b. 1953

American film director, screenwriter and actor

Born
22 Jan 1953 · Cuyahoga Falls

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 84 years
  1. 22 Jan 1953BornBorn in Cuyahoga Falls
  2. 1984AwardCaméra d'Or
  3. 1984AwardGolden Leopard
  4. 1987AwardFilm Independent Spirit Awards
  5. 1993AwardShort Film Palme d'Or
  6. 1996AwardEuropean Film Award for Best Non-European Film
  7. 2005AwardCannes Film Festival Grand Prix
  8. 2008AwardCarrosse d'or
  9. 2016AwardOfficer of Arts and Letters

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1953 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

James Robert Jarmusch ( JAR-məsh; born January 22, 1953) is an American filmmaker and musician.

He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Paterson (2016) and Father Mother Sister Brother (2025). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. For Father Mother Sister Brother, Jarmusch won the Golden Lion at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

As a musician, he has been part of the no wave band The Del-Byzanteens and in addition composed music for some of his films. He has released four musical albums with Jozef van Wissem.

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