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Jim Jarmusch
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Actor, Editor, Sound/Sound Designer Born: January 22, 1953 in Akron, OH Biography:With his trademark shock of white hair and ultra-cool rock star persona, "Jim Jarmusch" is the archetypal auteur of American independent film. Steadfastly resisting the sirens of Hollywood, Jarmusch has fashioned stylish, worldly, and thoroughly hip movies that have been the toast of the international film circuit.
Born on January 22, 1953, in Akron, OH, Jarmusch was the son of a former film critic for the Akron Beacon Journal. As a child, he spent much of his time watching B-movie triple features. After graduating from high school in 1971, he ended up in New York before venturing to Paris one summer on an exchange program. He loved the place so much that he stayed there for a year, soaking up French culture, literature, and particularly films, spending much of his time going to the cinématheque instead of to classes. At that time, the hallowed French New Wave movement was still a recent memory and... Full Biography
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