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Roman PolaĆski (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in Paris to Polish parents, PolaĆski 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. PolaĆski'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 CĂ©sars, a Golden Globe and thâŠ
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Roman PolaĆski (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in Paris to Polish parents, PolaĆski 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. PolaĆski'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 CĂ©sars, 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 GĂ©rard 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, PolaĆski's pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered while staying at the PolaĆskis' Benedict Canyon home above Los Angeles by members of the Manson Family. Following Tate's death, PolaĆski 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. PolaĆski'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, PolaĆski 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, PolaĆski 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. PolaĆski continued to make films such as The Pianist (2002), a World War II-set adaptation of Jewish-Polish musician WĆadysĆaw Szpilman's autobiography of the same name, which echoed some of PolaĆski's earlier life experiences. Like Szpilman, PolaĆski 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 CĂ©sar 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, PolaĆski 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Roman Polanski's Filmography
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La scripte
as Lui-mĂȘme
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)
Being Bo Widerberg
as Self (archive footage)
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders
as Self
The Family
as Self
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
as self
Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto
as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
Polanski, le travail Ă l'oeuvre
as Self
An Officer and a Spy
as Concertgoer (uncredited)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
as Self (archive footage)
Sharon Tate Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Valerie
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
as Self
Mansfield 66/67
as Self - Filmmaker(archive footage)
No Poster
Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
Roman by Polanski
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Self (archive footage)
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
as Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
Vangelis and the Journey To Ithaka
as Self
Weekend of a Champion
as Himself
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
as Self
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Komeda, Komeda...
as Self
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
as Self (archive footage)
A Special Day
as Self
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
as Self
Carnage
as Neighbor
Cracow by Polanski
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
as Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien lĂ
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Memories of a Young Pianist
as Man in Tavern (archive footage)
No Poster
On the Trail of the New Wave
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Bicycle
as Boy who wants to buy a bicycle
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
Quiet Chaos
as Steiner
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive)
Making of Chinatown
Rush Hour 3
as Det. Revi
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
as Self
No Poster
Polanski par Polanski
as Self
No Poster
The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography
No Poster
Twist by Polanski
Tess: From Novel to Screen
as Self
Filming 'Tess'
as Self
Tess: The Experience
as Self
Two Gangsters and an Island
as Self
A British Horror Film
as Self
No Poster
Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Sharon Tate â Murdered Innocence
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Revenge
as JĂłzef Papkin
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Polanski y los ojos del mal
as Himself
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
No Poster
Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective
as Self
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
No Poster
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
as Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
as Self
No Poster
Last Pictures
as Self
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
as Self (archive footage)
Playboy: The Story of X
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula: The True Story
as Himself
Elle s'appelait Françoise
as Self
No Poster
Empire of the Censors
as Self
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
Dead Tired
as Roman Polanski
A Pure Formality
as Inspector
Back in the USSR
as Kurilov
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
as Self (archive footage)
En attendant Godot
as Lucky
Frantic
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
Chassé-croisé
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
as Self
The Evolution of Snuff
The Tenant
as Trelkovsky
Blood for Dracula
as Gambler
Chinatown
as Man with Knife
What?
as Mosquito
Con bravura
as Caroler
Weekend of a Champion
as Self
Polanski Meets Macbeth
as Self
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
as Self (uncredited)
Ciao, Federico!
as Self (uncredited)
The Magic Christian
as Solitary Drinker
Mia and Roman
as Himself
The New Cinema
as Self
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
as Himself
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Alfred
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Self
The Nomad
as Self
Lionpower from MGM
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Repulsion
as Spoon Player
Grand Ecran: Repulsion
as Self
The River of Diamonds
as Random Citizen
Knife in the Water
as Young Man (voice)
The Fat and the Lean
as the lean
Samson
as Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)
OstroĆŒnie yeti
as Driver
Innocent Sorcerers
as Dudzio
Goodbye, Till Tomorrow
as Romek
Bad Luck
as Tutor (uncredited)
When Angels Fall
as Old Woman
Lotna
as Musician (uncredited)
The Lamp
as A passer-by (uncredited)
What Will My Wife Say to This?
as Dancer
Two Men and a Wardrobe
as Bad Boy
Koniec nocy
as 'MaĆy'
Wraki
as Romek
Kanal
as Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
Nikodem Dyzma
as Porter (uncredited)
Magical Bicycle
as AdaĆ
Trzy starty
as Basia's Brother
A Generation
as Mundek
Godzina bez sĆoĆca
Three Stories
as Genek "MaĆy" (segment 2)
No Poster
The Stalking Moon
as Fabrice Fournier