Oscar-Winning ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Director Dies

Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of “The Silence of the Lambs” who also led Tom Hanks to an Oscar in “Philadelphia,” died Wednesday in New York, his publicist said. He was 73. Born on Long Island in New York, Demme won an Academy Award in 1992 as best director of the thriller “The Silence of … Read more