He directed "The Silence of the Lambs" & "Philadelphia"
In 1991, Demme directed The Silence of the Lambs, which won him a... [DOC] [TLE] The Fan Can - The Silence of the Lambs [PAR] It's easy to imagine The Silence of the Lambs had success written through it right 
... was offered the directing gig by Orion's Mike Medavoy, at first he gave a flat no.