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==Early life== Demme was born on February 22, 1944, in [[Baldwin (hamlet), New York|Baldwin]], New York, the son of Dorothy Louise ({{nΓ©e}} Rogers)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-09-mn-12147-story.html|title=Dorothy Demme; Character Actress in Son's Movies|date=December 9, 1995|access-date=April 26, 2017|newspaper=LA Times|archive-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427102429/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-09/news/mn-12147_1_dorothy-demme|url-status=live}}</ref> and Robert Eugene Demme, a public relations executive.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/l/l/Bonnie-B-Allen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0067.html | title= Bonnie-B-Allen - User Trees - Genealogy.com | website= Familytreemaker.genealogy.com | access-date= April 1, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141222222839/http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/l/l/Bonnie-B-Allen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0067.html | archive-date= December 22, 2014 | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Jonathan-Demme.html |title=Jonathan Demme Biography (1944β) |access-date=March 19, 2009 |work=Film Reference |archive-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323023108/http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Jonathan-Demme.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was raised in [[Rockville Centre, New York]] and [[Miami]],<ref name="Demme"/> where he graduated from [[Southwest Miami High School]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive-new/msg14850.html |title=14902: The silenced voice of Radio Haiti speaks again on film (fwd) |access-date=February 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301191312/http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive-new/msg14850.html |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before attending the [[University of Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/26/jonathan-demme-obituary|title=Jonathan Demme obituary|first=Ryan|last=Gilbey|date=April 26, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724100612/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/26/jonathan-demme-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref>
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