A Short Conversation With Jonathan Demme

Jared Bowen is the Emmy award-winning Executive Arts Editor and host of The Culture Show, a daily radio program and podcast at GBH exploring the creative process through a lively mix of local and national artist profiles, performances and exhibitions.

April 27, 2017

Updated August 09, 2023

Oscar winning director Jonathan Demme died Wednesday morning in New York City at the age of 73 after battling esophageal cancer. WGBH News' Jared Bowen sat down with Demme in 2010 when the acclaimed filmmaker was in Boston to accept the Coolidge Award.

Jared Bowen is the Emmy award-winning Executive Arts Editor and host of The Culture Show, a daily radio program and podcast at GBH exploring the creative process through a lively mix of local and national artist profiles, performances and exhibitions.

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