Roman Polanski
Directing
Born August 18, 1933 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 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.
Filmography
La scripte
Lui-même
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)
Being Bo Widerberg
Self (archive footage)
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self
The Palace
The Family
Self
The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
self
Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
An Officer and a Spy
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Sharon Tate Home Movies
Valerie
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Self
Based on a True Story
Mansfield 66/67
Self - Filmmaker(archive footage)
Roman by Polanski
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Self (archive footage)
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
Weekend of a Champion
Himself
Venus in Fur
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
Self (archive footage)
A Special Day
Self
28 minutes
Self
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
Self
Tower Heist
Carnage
Neighbor
Cracow by Polanski
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Self (archive footage)
The Ghost Writer
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
Quiet Chaos
Steiner
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self (archive)
To Each His Own Cinema
Rush Hour 3
Det. Revi
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Self
Le court des grands
Oliver Twist
Hedda Gabler
Tess: The Experience
Self
Filming 'Tess'
Self
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Self
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
Two Gangsters and an Island
Self
Un film et son époque
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
A British Horror Film
Self
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Revenge
Józef Papkin
The Pianist
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
The Ninth Gate
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Self (archive footage)
Playboy: The Story of X
Self (archive footage)
Scene by Scene
Self
Dracula: The True Story
Himself
Elle s'appelait Françoise
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
Dead Tired
Roman Polanski
A Pure Formality
Inspector
Death and the Maiden
Bitter Moon
Back in the USSR
Kurilov
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
The King of Ads
En attendant Godot
Lucky
Frantic
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Pirates
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
Chassé-croisé
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Tess
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
Self
The Evolution of Snuff
The Tenant
Trelkovsky
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Apostrophes
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Blood for Dracula
Gambler
Chinatown
Man with Knife
What?
Mosquito
Con bravura
Caroler
Weekend of a Champion
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Self
Macbeth
The Boat on the Grass
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Self (uncredited)
Ciao, Federico!
Self (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach
The Magic Christian
Solitary Drinker
Mia and Roman
Himself
Rosemary's Baby
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Girl Across the Way
The New Cinema
Self
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Himself
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Alfred
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
The Nomad
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
G.G. Passion
NET Playhouse
Cul-de-sac
Repulsion
Spoon Player
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
The River of Diamonds
Random Citizen
A Taste for Women
Mammals
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Knife in the Water
Young Man (voice)
The Fat and the Lean
the lean
Samson
Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)
Ostrożnie yeti
Driver
Innocent Sorcerers
Dudzio
Goodbye, Till Tomorrow
Romek
Bad Luck
Tutor (uncredited)
When Angels Fall
Old Woman
Lotna
Musician (uncredited)
The Lamp
A passer-by (uncredited)
What Will My Wife Say to This?
Dancer
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Bad Boy
Koniec nocy
'Mały'
Wraki
Romek
A Toothful Smile
Kanal
Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
Murder
Break Up the Dance
Nikodem Dyzma
Porter (uncredited)
Magical Bicycle
Adaś
Trzy starty
Basia's Brother
A Generation
Mundek
Godzina bez słońca
Three Stories
Genek "Mały" (segment 2)