JIM JARMUSCH

Jim Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in 1953. He was introduced to film at an early age through his mother, who was once a film and theater reviewer for the Akron Beacon Journal. By his teen years, he fell into counter culture arthouse movies. In 1971, Jarmusch moved to Chicago to study journalism at Northwestern, then transferred to Columbia University where he studied literature with the intention of becoming a poet. During his final year at school, he moved to Paris on an exchange program for 10 months where he became obsessed with films from around the world. He then returned to NYC to study film at NYU Tisch. He never graduated and ended up using his tuition money to help finance his first feature “Permanent Vacation.” His 1984 film “Stranger than Paradise” broke many conventions of traditional Hollywood filmmaking, and became an important work in modern independent film. It won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, and in 2002 it was selected for preservation in the United State National Film Registry by the LIbrary of Congress. Jamusch’s filmography includes twelve feature films, two documentaries, six music videos and four short films. He also works in other areas of filmmaking, including producing, acting, editing, writing and composing. Jarmusch has also released three albums with JOzef van Wissem and three EPs with his rock band SQÜRL.