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Other Works:
Commercial for Parisiennes cigarettes
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Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies
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11 Print Biographies
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4 Interviews
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64 Articles
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Roman Polañski
Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Personal Quote:
If ever I see one of my films on television, I have a hard time sitting through it, because it seems like all the sins of youth. Truly, I don't think I did my picture yet. I don't feel like I did anything that was totally satisfying to me.
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Trivia:
In 1969, while he was on out-of-town business, his wife, actress
Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by members of
Charles Manson's cult family; though Manson only ordered the killing and was not present during the murders. She was eight-months pregnant with their first child at the time. He has said that his life's biggest regret was not being present at the house on Cielo Drive...
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Trademark:
By the end of his films, the protagonist often meets an uncertain, melancholic future ("The Ninth Gate", "The Ghostwriter", "Rosemary's Baby", "Chinatown", "Macbeth")
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Nickname:
Romek
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Star Sign:
Leo