Writer and director Jim Jarmusch shot his first feature , Permanent Vacation ( 1980 ) as his final thesis while at New York University 's film school .
Writer and director Jim Jarmusch spent the following four years making Stranger than Paradise .
Writer and director Jim Jarmusch shot his first feature , Permanent Vacation ( 1980 ) as his final thesis while at New York University 's film school , and spent the following four years making Stranger than Paradise .