biography
pronunciation:
[jah(r)mush]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1953– )
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| biography:
| Film scriptwriter and director, born in Akron, Ohio, USA. He studied at Columbia University, then went to France, where he discovered European films, became acquainted with Nicholas Ray, and set about making his first film, Permanent Vacation (1981). This was never released, and it was his Stranger Than Paradise (1984) that gained both critical acclaim and a devoted if small following. Down by Law (1986) and Mystery Train (1989) increased his reputation as a maker of offbeat films, noted for their ‘European sensibility’. Later films include Night on Earth (1991), Year of the Horse (1997), and Ghost Dog, the Way of the Samurai (1999). |
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