See a selection of remembrances below.
He was the grandest of men.
Jonathan was as quirky as his comedies and as deep as his dramas.
He was pure energy, the unstoppable cheerleader for anyone creative.
JD, most beloved, something wild, brother of love, director of the lambs.
Love him so much.
Jodie Foster
I am really shocked and very sad to hear about Jonathans passing.
My condolences to his family.
Anthony Hopkins
Jonathan Demme came into my life when he directed me inMelvin and Howard.
I won an Oscar for that role and I cant imagine that having happened with any other director.
He was pure magic.
Brilliant technically but he never let that make him isolated.
He did the same thing inPhiladelphia.
The heartbeat and the integrity of it began with Jonathans goodness and sense of justice.
Im so proud to have been in it.
But Jonathan celebrated and honored creativity more fiercely than anyone I have ever known.
My daughter worked with him inThe Manchurian Candidate.
We all admired him so much.
He took so much joy in moviemaking.
Theres so much more to be said, and I hardly know where to begin.
I also loved him as a friend, and to me he was always young.
The idea that hes gone seems impossible to me.
