Roman Polanski
Directing
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.
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self
The Family
Self
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
An Officer and a Spy
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Valerie
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Self
Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
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
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Komeda, Komeda...
Self
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
Self (archive footage)
A Special Day
Self
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
Self
Carnage
Neighbor
Cracow by Polanski
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Self (archive footage)
Memories of a Young Pianist
Man in Tavern (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
Self (archive footage)
Bicycle
Boy who wants to buy a bicycle
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
Quiet Chaos
Steiner
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
Rush Hour 3
Det. Revi
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Self
Polanski par Polanski
Self
The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography
Twist by Polanski
Tess: The Experience
Self
Filming 'Tess'
Self
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Self
Two Gangsters and an Island
Self
Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West
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
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Polanski y los ojos del mal
Himself
Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective
Self
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
Last Pictures
Self
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Self (archive footage)
Playboy: The Story of X
Self (archive footage)
Dracula: The True Story
Himself
Elle s'appelait Françoise
Self
Empire of the Censors
Self
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
Dead Tired
Roman Polanski
A Pure Formality
Inspector
Back in the USSR
Kurilov
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Self (archive footage)
En attendant Godot
Lucky
Frantic
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
Chassé-croisé
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
Self
The Evolution of Snuff
The Tenant
Trelkovsky
Blood for Dracula
Gambler
Chinatown
Man with Knife
What?
Mosquito
Con bravura
Caroler
Weekend of a Champion
Self
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Self
Ciao, Federico!
Self (uncredited)
The Magic Christian
Solitary Drinker
Mia and Roman
Himself
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)
Repulsion
Spoon Player
The River of Diamonds
Random Citizen
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
Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
Romek
Bad Luck
Tutor (uncredited)
When Angels Fall
Vieille femme
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
Kanal
Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
Nikodem Dyzma
Porter (uncredited)
Magical Bicycle
Adaś
Trzy starty
Basia's Brother
A Generation
Mundek
Godzina bez słońca
Three Stories
Genek "Mały" (segment 2)