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(FILES) This file photo taken on September 3, 2008 shows US actress Anne Hathaway and US director Jonathan Demme before the screening of the movie "Rachel Getting Married" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido. Jonathan Demme, the filmmaker whose career ranged from the David Byrne documentary “Stop Making Sense” to the Oscar-winning “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” died on April 26, 2017 in New York. He was 73.The cause was esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, according to a source close to the family. He was originally treated for the disease in 2010, but suffered from a recurrence in 2015, and his condition had deteriorated in recent weeks. / AFP / DAMIEN MEYER Image Credit: AFP

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway has paid an emotional tribute to late filmmaker Jonathan Demme by calling him her “favourite rebel angel”.

Demme, who directed films like The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, died from esophageal cancer at the age of 73 on Wednesday.

Hathaway, who starred in Demme’s 2008 film Rachel Getting Married, took to Instagram to pay a tribute to Demme.

Alongside a photo of outer-space, Hathaway wrote: “Dearest JD (Jonathan Demme), in this moment when words fail me, I am so grateful to the light which lets me see you everywhere, in everything.”

“Thank you for cracking open the heart which is now breaking (it’s always worth it). My favourite rebel angel... I love you forever. See you later.”