Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the second of three children of middle-class suburbanites. His mother, of German and Irish descent, was a reviewer of film and theatre for … See more

In the early 1980s, Jarmusch was part of a revolving lineup of musicians in Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day project, and later became the … See more

In 1980, Jarmusch's film Permanent Vacation won the Josef von Sternberg Award at the International Filmfestival Mannheim … See more

Studio albums
• Concerning the Entrance into Eternity (Important Records, 2012) (with Jozef van Wissem See more

1980s
Jarmusch's final year university project was completed in 1980 as Permanent Vacation, … See more

In 2014 Jarmusch shunned the "auteur theory" and likened the filmmaking process to human sexual reproduction:
I put 'A film by' as a protection of my rights, but I don't … See more

Jarmusch rarely discusses his personal life in public. He divides his time between New York City and the Catskill Mountains. He stopped … See more