Jim Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Akron, Ohio, USA) is a noted film director. As the result years of artistic profits & critical acclamation in the American independent film community, he achieved a fresh level of mainstream ill fame by having his far-East philosophy-themed Western movie set in New Jersey, Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai, starring Forest Whitaker, which also featured the soundtrack by the Wu-Tang Clan's Rza.

Jarmusch's number one major release, Stranger Than Paradise was freed to great deal critical acclamation, making him one of a virtually all august independent directors of his instance. the film broke several conventions of traditional Hollywood films, & to this day is however considered a landmark function within modern independent film.

One of his major projects is an on-going series of short films known as Coffee and Cigarettes. A original sestet-microscopic film appeared in Saturday Night Live in 1986, featuring filmmaker Roberto Benigni and comedian Steven Wright. 3 years late, he freed Coffee and Cigarettes - Memphis Version, with actor Steve Buscemi, which was eight minutes yearn. A next Xii-microscopic installment was around 1993, Coffee and Cigarettes - Somewhere in California, featuring musicians Tom Waits and Iggy Pop.

Around 1993, Jarmusch said, "I’ve shot two more which are waiting to be edited, and I’ve scripted two or three more. Although the intention is for them to work separately as short films, I plan to shoot around 12 to 14 and put them together for a video release." [http://members.tripod.com/~jimjarmusch/faq.html]. This was freed within 2004 as Coffee and Coffin nail. A motion picture consists of Xi installments (a 1986 Coffee & Fag, Memphis Version & Somwhere inside California existence segments Unity, Two & Three), featuring, among others, Jack & One thousand thousand of The White Stripes, Cate Blanchett, RZA, GZA, Bill Murray, Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina.

The book of interviews by having Jarmusch, a portion of the Conversations sustaining a Filmmakers series, is available. These are titled Jim Jarmusch: Interviews (ISBN 1578063795).

He is reportedly the institution member of the semi-secret society, The Sons of Lee Marvin.

Filmography as Director
Broken Flowers (2005) Coffee and Cigarettes (2004), includes the 1986 Coffee & Butt, Someplace within California, Memphis Version when segments Ten Minutes Older: The Trump (2002) (section "Int. Trailer Night") Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai (1999) Year of the Horse (1997) Dead Man (1995) Coffee and Cigarettes - Somewhere in California (1993) Night on Earth (1991) Coffee and Cigarettes - Memphis Version (1989) Mystery Train (1989) Coffee and Cigarettes (1986) Down by Law (1986) Stranger Than Paradise (1983) The New World (1982) Permanent Vacation (1980)