1933-08-18 ( 91 years old ) in Paris, France
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.
Movies
Faye
2024-05-15
The Family
2023-05-17
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020-08-13
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019-11-04
An Officer and a Spy
2019-09-30
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
2019-08-13
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018-07-10
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015-05-16
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014-09-23
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014-07-27
Weekend of a Champion
2013-10-09
Seduced and Abandoned
2013-05-20
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012-10-09
Close Up
2012-09-30
Komeda, Komeda...
2012-09-28
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
2012-09-09
A Special Day
2012-05-16
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
2012-01-01
Carnage
2011-09-16
Cracow by Polanski
2010-06-28
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
2010-05-07
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010-04-11
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009-11-03
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
Bicycle
2008-11-22
Il falso bugiardo
2008-07-03
Quiet Chaos
2008-02-08
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008-01-18
Rush Hour 3
2007-08-08
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007-03-16
Polanski par Polanski
2006-12-03
Twist by Polanski
2006-01-24
Tess: From Novel to Screen
2004-09-28
Filming 'Tess'
2004-09-28
Tess: The Experience
2004-09-28
Two Gangsters and an Island
2003-08-25
Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West
2003-08-01
A British Horror Film
2003-01-01
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
2002-10-29
The Revenge
2002-10-04
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002-08-16
Polanski y los ojos del mal
2002-04-16
Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective
2000-10-03
Light Keeps Me Company
2000-08-26
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
2000-02-16
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000-02-01
Last Pictures
2000-01-02
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999-07-25
Playboy: The Story of X
1998-01-01
Dracula: The True Story
1997-01-01
Elle s'appelait Françoise
1996-12-12
Empire of the Censors
1995-05-28
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
1995-04-11
Dead Tired
1994-05-18
A Pure Formality
1994-05-15
Back in the USSR
1992-02-07
En attendant Godot
1989-06-03
Frantic
1988-02-19
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
1984-01-01
Chassé-croisé
1982-03-24
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski
1980-05-25
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
1979-09-01
The Evolution of Snuff
1978-11-30
The Tenant
1976-05-26
Blood for Dracula
1974-08-13
Chinatown
1974-06-20
What?
1972-12-07
Con bravura
1972-07-01
Weekend of a Champion
1972-02-24
Polanski Meets Macbeth
1972-01-01
Ciao, Federico!
1970-10-28
The Magic Christian
1969-12-12
Mia and Roman
1968-07-09
The New Cinema
1968-01-01
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967-12-20
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967-11-13
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967-09-26
The Nomad
1967-02-27
Repulsion
1965-06-01
Knife in the Water
1962-03-09
Samson
1961-09-11
Ostrożnie yeti
1961-01-20
The Fat and the Lean
1961-01-01
Innocent Sorcerers
1960-12-17
Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
1960-05-25
Bad Luck
1960-04-04
When Angels Fall
1959-12-31
Lotna
1959-09-27
The Lamp
1959-01-01
What Will My Wife Say to This?
1958-09-26
Two Men and a Wardrobe
1958-04-22
Koniec nocy
1957-12-21
Wraki
1957-09-02
Kanal
1957-04-20
Nikodem Dyzma
1956-10-29
Magical Bicycle
1955-12-25
Trzy starty
1955-10-25
A Generation
1955-01-26
Godzina bez słońca
1955-01-01
Three Stories
1953-04-24
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