Directing
Roman Polanski
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 Polańskis' 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.
Filmography
La scripte
Film · 2026
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Series · 2026
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Film · 2025
Breakdown: 1975
Film · 2025
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Film · 2025
Being Bo Widerberg
Film · 2025
The Family
Film · 2023
The Playboy Murders
Series · 2023
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Film · 2022
Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto
Film · 2021
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
Film · 2021
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Film · 2020
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Series · 2020
An Officer and a Spy
Film · 2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Film · 2019
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Film · 2019
Valerie
Film · 2019
Sharon Tate Home Movies
Film · 2019
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Film · 2018
Mansfield 66/67
Film · 2017
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Film · 2015
Roman by Polanski
Film · 2015
Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
Film · 2015
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Film · 2014
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Film · 2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Film · 2014
Seduced and Abandoned
Film · 2013
Weekend of a Champion
Film · 2013
Vangelis and the Journey To Ithaka
Film · 2013
Close Up
Film · 2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Film · 2012
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
Film · 2012
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
Film · 2012
A Special Day
Film · 2012
Komeda, Komeda...
Film · 2012
28 minutes
Series · 2012
Carnage
Film · 2011
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Film · 2010
Cracow by Polanski
Film · 2010
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Film · 2010
Memories of a Young Pianist
Film · 2009
On the Trail of the New Wave
Film · 2009
Quiet Chaos
Film · 2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Film · 2008
Il falso bugiardo
Film · 2008
Bicycle
Film · 2008
Rush Hour 3
Film · 2007
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Film · 2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Film · 2007
Making of Chinatown
Film · 2007
Polanski par Polanski
Film · 2006
Twist by Polanski
Film · 2006
The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography
Film · 2006
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Film · 2004
Filming 'Tess'
Film · 2004
Tess: The Experience
Film · 2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Series · 2004
Two Gangsters and an Island
Film · 2003
Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West
Film · 2003
A British Horror Film
Film · 2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Film · 2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Film · 2003
Un film et son époque
Series · 2003
Biography: Sharon Tate – Murdered Innocence
Film · 2002
Polanski y los ojos del mal
Film · 2002
The Revenge
Film · 2002
Heart of the Festival
Film · 2002
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Film · 2001
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
Film · 2000
Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective
Film · 2000
Last Pictures
Film · 2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Film · 2000
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Film · 2000
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Film · 1999
Playboy: The Story of X
Film · 1998
Dracula: The True Story
Film · 1997
Scene by Scene
Series · 1997
Elle s'appelait Françoise
Film · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
Empire of the Censors
Film · 1995
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
Film · 1995
A Pure Formality
Film · 1994
Dead Tired
Film · 1994
Back in the USSR
Film · 1992
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Film · 1992
Dracula in the Movies
Film · 1992
En attendant Godot
Film · 1989
Frantic
Film · 1988
Na siehste!
Series · 1987
Wedden, dat..?
Series · 1986
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
Film · 1984
Chassé-croisé
Film · 1982
Na sowas!
Series · 1982
Wortwechsel
Series · 1982
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
7 sur 7
Series · 1981
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
Film · 1979
Bavarian Film Awards
Series · 1979
The Evolution of Snuff
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
The Tenant
Film · 1976
Cérémonie des César
Series · 1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Apostrophes
Series · 1975
Chinatown
Film · 1974
Blood for Dracula
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
What?
Film · 1972
Con bravura
Film · 1972
Weekend of a Champion
Film · 1972
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Ciao, Federico!
Film · 1970
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Film · 1970
The Magic Christian
Film · 1969
Mia and Roman
Film · 1968
The New Cinema
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Film · 1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Film · 1967
The Nomad
Film · 1967
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Film · 1967
Lionpower from MGM
Film · 1967
Apropos Film
Series · 1967
Repulsion
Film · 1965
The River of Diamonds
Film · 1964
Grand Ecran: Repulsion
Film · 1964
Knife in the Water
Film · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Fat and the Lean
Film · 1961
Ostrożnie yeti
Film · 1961
Samson
Film · 1961
Innocent Sorcerers
Film · 1960
Bad Luck
Film · 1960
Goodbye, Till Tomorrow
Film · 1960
The Lamp
Film · 1959
When Angels Fall
Film · 1959
Lotna
Film · 1959
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Film · 1958
What Will My Wife Say to This?
Film · 1958
Wraki
Film · 1957
Kanal
Film · 1957
Koniec nocy
Film · 1957
Nikodem Dyzma
Film · 1956
A Generation
Film · 1955
Godzina bez słońca
Film · 1955
Magical Bicycle
Film · 1955
Trzy starty
Film · 1955
Three Stories
Film · 1953
The Stalking Moon
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