Biography for
Ted Demme More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

26 October 1963, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death

13 January 2002, Santa Monica, California, USA (accidental cocaine induced thrombotic heart attack)

Birth Name

Edward Demme

Spouse

Amanda Scheer-Demme

(23 May 1994 - 13 January 2002) (his death) 2 children

Trade Mark

Movies and short films that often cast comedian Denis Leary

Trivia

Nephew of Jonathan Demme

Frequently cast Noah Emmerich.

Collapsed after playing in a celebrity basketball game for the NBA Entertainment League and died a few hours later at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica.

Started his career from the bottom rung, working as a production assistant at MTV before going on to create "Yo! MTV Raps" (1988) and directing other spots, including the cable network's infamous famous black-and-white rants starring then-unknown cigarette-sucking funny guy Denis Leary.

He and his wife, Amanda Scheer-Demme, had a 5-year-old daughter and a 2-month-old son, as of January 2002.

Coroners announce that a small amount of cocaine found in Demme's body may have caused his fatal thrombotic heart attack and have ruled the death accidental. [3 February 2002]

Musician Greg Dulli, who appears with his band, The Afghan Whigs, in Demme's film, Beautiful Girls (1996), was so distraught when he heard of his death that he scrapped a nearly completed album for his band, The Twilight Singers, and wrote an entirely new set of songs.

The original ending of The Ref (1994) had Denis Leary being caught by the cops to show the son that a life of crime leads nowhere. However, after screening the movie to a test audience and receiving negative comments about the ending, Ted changed it. He later admitted he regretted the change.

Cousin of Josephine Demme.

Nephew-in-law of Joanne Howard.