Story highlights Demme's films included "Stop Making Sense," "Married to the Mob" and "Philadelphia"He won an Oscar in 1992 for directing "The Silence of the Lambs"(CNN) Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, whose Oscar-winning thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" terrified audiences and introduced one of the most indelible villains in movie history, died Wednesday morning in New York. Jonathan Demme at the New York Film Festival in 2012. But it's "Silence of the Lambs" for which he was best known. Demme also won the Oscar for best director. Anthony Hopkins, left, with director Jonathan Demme.

Source: CNN April 26, 2017 16:27 UTC