Jerzy Skolimowski
Directing
Born May 5, 1938 in Łódź, Poland
Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi]; born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye (1960). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure (1967). Among his other notable films is Deep End (1970), starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown as well as The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing, starring Vincent Gallo He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to filmmaking as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna (2008).
Filmography
Good Boy
A Decent Man
Professor Jerzy
The Palace
Still Here
Stanisław Czułkowski
EO
The Silent Twins
It's Not Us
At Home - Poland
A Man in Love
The Stolen Caravaggio
Jerzy Kunze
Julius
Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
11 Minutes
Ida
Ixjana
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
John III Sobieski
The Avengers
Georgi Luchkov
'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
Self
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
Self
Essential Killing
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Self
Naznaczony
Wojciech Radler
Four Nights with Anna
Eastern Promises
Stepan
Le Cercle
Self
Before Night Falls
Professor
Operacja Samum
Hayes
L.A. Without a Map
Minister
Mars Attacks!
Dr. Zeigler
30 Door Key
dyrektor szkoły
Torrents of Spring
Wiktor Wiktorowicz
Big Shots
Doc
The Lightship
White Nights
Colonel Chaiko
Mesmerized
Hands Up!
Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
Success Is the Best Revenge
Moonlighting
Boss (uncredited)
Circle of Deceit
Hoffmann
The Shout
A Slip-Up
Auto Shop Owner
King, Queen, Knave
Deep End
Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
The Adventures of Gerard
Altın Koza
Self - Winner
Dialogue 20-40-60
The Twenty-Year-Olds
The Departure
Barrier
Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
NET Playhouse
Sposób bycia
Leopold
Identification Marks: None
Andrzej Leszczyc
Walkover
Andrzej Leszczyc
The Friend
Night Fare
Knife in the Water
Your Money or Your Life
Erotique
Innocent Sorcerers
Boxer (uncredited)
Little Hamlet
The Menacing Eye