A Short Conversation With Jonathan Demme

Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen is the Emmy award-winning host of the weekly television series, Open Studio with Jared Bowen, which takes viewers inside the creative process, offering a blend of profiles, performances, and contemporary exhibitions by artists in Greater Boston, New England, and across the country.

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.

A Short Conversation With Jonathan Demme

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