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Roman Polanski‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1933-08-18

Popularity

star11.5

Roman Polanski

Paris, France

Roman Polanski

Paris, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1933-08-18

Popularity

star11.5

Biography

Roman Polański (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in Paris to Polish parents, Polański relocated with his family to Poland in 1937. After surviving the Holocaust, he continued his education in Poland and became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films. Polański's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, and in 2002 received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist. He has also been the recipient of two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe and the Palme d'Or. He left Poland in 1961 to live in France for several years, then moved to the United Kingdom where he collaborated with Gérard Brach on three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965). In 1968 he moved to the United States, immediately cementing his burgeoning directing status with the 1968 groundbreaking Academy Award winning horror film Rosemary's Baby. In 1969, Polański's pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered while staying at the Polański's Benedict Canyon home above Los Angeles by members of the Manson Family. Following Tate's death, Polański returned to Europe and spent much of his time in Paris and Gstaad, but did not make another film until he filmed Macbeth (1971) in England. The following year he went to Italy to make What? (1973) and subsequently spent the next five years living near Rome. However, he traveled to Hollywood to direct Chinatown (1974) for Paramount Pictures, with Robert Evans serving as producer. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, and was a critical and box-office success; the script by Robert Towne won for Best Original Screenplay. Polański's next film, The Tenant (1976), was shot in France, and completed the "Apartment Trilogy", following Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby. In 1977, after a photo shoot in Los Angeles, Polański was arrested for the sexual abuse of a 13 year old girl. He was charged with rape but pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor. To avoid sentencing, Polański fled to his home in London, and then moved on to France the following day. He has had a U.S. arrest warrant outstanding since then, and an international arrest warrant since 2005. Polański continued to make films such as The Pianist (2002), a World War II-set adaptation of Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman's autobiography of the same name, which echoed some of Polański's earlier life experiences. Like Szpilman, Polański escaped the ghetto and the concentration camps while family members were killed. The film won three Academy Awards including Best Director, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, and seven French César Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. He then released the successful films Oliver Twist (2005), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), and The Ghost Writer (2010), completed while under house arrest. In September 2009, Polański was arrested by Swiss police, at the request of U.S. authorities, when he traveled to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival. In October 2009, the U.S. requested his extradition; however, on July 12, 2010, the Swiss rejected that request and instead declared him a "free man" after releasing him from custody.

Movie Credits

The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Chinatown

Chinatown‌
star7.9
calendar 1974

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3‌
star6.5
calendar 2007

Playboy: The Story of X

Playboy: The Story of X‌
star6.3
calendar 1998

Quiet Chaos

Quiet Chaos‌
star6.5
calendar 2008

An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy‌
star7.1
calendar 2019

The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian‌
star5.7
calendar 1969

The Tenant

The Tenant‌
star7.6
calendar 1976

Knife in the Water

Knife in the Water‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London‌
star2.8
calendar 1967

A Generation

A Generation‌
star6.8
calendar 1955

Close Up

Close Up‌
star9.0
calendar 2012

Innocent Sorcerers

Innocent Sorcerers‌
star7.1
calendar 1960

A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality‌
star7.5
calendar 1994

What?

What?‌
star5.5
calendar 1972

The Family

The Family‌
star8.0
calendar 2023

Wraki

Wraki‌
star4.1
calendar 1957

The Lamp

The Lamp‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Tribute to Alfred Lepetit

Tribute to Alfred Lepetit‌
star1.0
calendar 2000

When Angels Fall

When Angels Fall‌
star6.6
calendar 1959

Bad Luck

Bad Luck‌
star6.7
calendar 1960

Kanal

Kanal‌
star7.7
calendar 1957

Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind

Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind‌
star6.7
calendar 2019

Nikodem Dyzma

Nikodem Dyzma‌
star4.7
calendar 1956

Con bravura

Con bravura‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

The Fat and the Lean

The Fat and the Lean‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

Elle s'appelait Françoise

Elle s'appelait Françoise‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau‌
star6.6
calendar 2014

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir‌
star6.5
calendar 2012

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired‌
star6.4
calendar 2008

Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned‌
star6.2
calendar 2013

Weekend of a Champion

Weekend of a Champion‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

The Last Days of Sharon Tate

The Last Days of Sharon Tate‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Il falso bugiardo

Il falso bugiardo‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans‌
star7.2
calendar 2015

Mia and Roman

Mia and Roman‌
star4.0
calendar 1968

Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective

Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Ciao, Federico!

Ciao, Federico!‌
star6.6
calendar 1970

Last Pictures

Last Pictures‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Good Bye, Till Tomorrow

Good Bye, Till Tomorrow‌
star6.6
calendar 1960

Blood for Dracula

Blood for Dracula‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

Weekend of a Champion

Weekend of a Champion‌
star6.3
calendar 2013

Clive James Meets Roman Polanski

Clive James Meets Roman Polanski‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Carnage

Carnage‌
star7.2
calendar 2011

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Two Men and a Wardrobe

Two Men and a Wardrobe‌
star6.4
calendar 1958

Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life

Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life‌
star6.5
calendar 2011

Back in the USSR

Back in the USSR‌
star3.5
calendar 1992

Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence

Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence‌
star6.0
calendar 2002

Two Gangsters and an Island

Two Gangsters and an Island‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

The New Cinema

The New Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Repulsion

Repulsion‌
star7.4
calendar 1965

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'‌
star5.0
calendar 2014

Polanski Meets Macbeth

Polanski Meets Macbeth‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Empire of the Censors

Empire of the Censors‌
star3.5
calendar 1995

Faye

Faye‌
star6.8
calendar 2024

The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon‌
star0.0
calendar

Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West

Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Polanski par Polanski

Polanski par Polanski‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Lotna

Lotna‌
star5.2
calendar 1959

Polanski y los ojos del mal

Polanski y los ojos del mal‌
star6.0
calendar 2002

Dead Tired

Dead Tired‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

The Revenge

The Revenge‌
star5.4
calendar 2002

En attendant Godot

En attendant Godot‌
star1.0
calendar 1989

Three Stories

Three Stories‌
star1.0
calendar 1953

Bicycle

Bicycle‌
star1.0
calendar 2008

Magical Bicycle

Magical Bicycle‌
star1.0
calendar 1955

Samson

Samson‌
star4.6
calendar 1961

Chassé-croisé

Chassé-croisé‌
star2.0
calendar 1982

Koniec nocy

Koniec nocy‌
star4.0
calendar 1957

What Will My Wife Say to This?

What Will My Wife Say to This?‌
star1.0
calendar 1958

Godzina bez słońca

Godzina bez słońca‌
star1.0
calendar 1955

Ostrożnie yeti

Ostrożnie yeti‌
star3.2
calendar 1961

Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski

Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'

Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Light Keeps Me Company

Light Keeps Me Company‌
star7.8
calendar 2000

Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski

Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski‌
star2.0
calendar 1995

Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto

Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto‌
star5.9
calendar 2021

A British Horror Film

A British Horror Film‌
star5.2
calendar 2003

The Nomad

The Nomad‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Grand écran: Roman Polanski Directs in London

Grand écran: Roman Polanski Directs in London‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

A Special Day

A Special Day‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Dracula: The True Story

Dracula: The True Story‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

The Evolution of Snuff

The Evolution of Snuff‌
star3.3
calendar 1978

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat‌
star2.0
calendar 2020

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Tess: The Experience

Tess: The Experience‌
star10.0
calendar 2004

Filming 'Tess'

Filming 'Tess'‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski

The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Tess: From Novel to Screen

Tess: From Novel to Screen‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture‌
star6.6
calendar 2002

The Ten Commandments of Creativity

The Ten Commandments of Creativity‌
star8.0
calendar 2000

Trzy starty

Trzy starty‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Cracow by Polanski

Cracow by Polanski‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Memories of a Young Pianist

Memories of a Young Pianist‌
star5.0
calendar 2009

Henri Langlois vu par...

Henri Langlois vu par...‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Twist by Polanski

Twist by Polanski‌
star3.0
calendar 2006

The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography

The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography‌
star3.0
calendar 2006

On the Trail of the New Wave

On the Trail of the New Wave‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Frantic

Frantic‌
star6.7
calendar 1988

Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'

Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'‌
star6.0
calendar 2007

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là‌
star7.3
calendar 2010

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre‌
star6.0
calendar 2019

Komeda, Komeda...

Komeda, Komeda...‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

Tv Credits

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.0
calendar 1996

Un film et son époque

Un film et son époque‌
star10.0
calendar 2003

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?‌
star5.5
calendar 1981

28 minutes

28 minutes‌
star2.5
calendar 2012

Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma‌
star7.0
calendar 2004

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Helter Skelter: An American Myth‌
star6.4
calendar 2020

Scene by Scene

Scene by Scene‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Na sowas!

Na sowas!‌
star1.0
calendar 1982

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Bayerischer Filmpreis‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

Apostrophes

Apostrophes‌
star8.5
calendar 1975

7 sur 7

7 sur 7‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Apropos Film

Apropos Film‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

Wortwechsel

Wortwechsel‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

The Playboy Murders

The Playboy Murders‌
star6.4
calendar 2023

Na siehste!

Na siehste!‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Wedden, dat..?

Wedden, dat..?‌
star0.0
calendar 1986