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Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933. His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years before World War II began. On Germany's invasion in ... See full bio »

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Chinatown Director
(1974)
The Tenant Director
(1976)
The Ghost Director
(2010)
Carnage Director
(2011)

Filmography

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 2022 The Palace (filming)
 2013 Venus in Fur
 2012 A Therapy (Short)
 2011 Carnage
 2010 The Ghost
 2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Cinéma Erotique")
 2005 Oliver Twist
 2002 The Pianist
 1996 Vasco Rossi: Gli Angeli (Music Video)
 1992 Bitter Moon
 1991 The King of Ads (Documentary) (segment "Vanity Fair commercial")
 1988 Frantic
 1986 Pirates
 1979 Tess
 1976 The Tenant
 1974 Chinatown (directed by)
 1972 What?
 1972 Weekend of a Champion (Documentary) (uncredited)
 1971 Macbeth
 1966 Cul-de-sac
 1965 Repulsion
 1964 The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (segment "La Rivière de Diamants", scenes deleted)
 1962 Ssaki (Short)
 1961 Le gros et le maigre (Short)
 1959 Gdy spadaja anioly (Short)
 1959 Lampa (Short)
 1958 Dwaj ludzie z szafa (Short)
 1957 A Toothful Smile (Short)
 1957 Morderstwo (Short)
 1957 Rozbijemy zabawe... (Short)
 1955 Rower (Short)
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Other Works:

Director of the stage musical "Tanz Der Vampire", which is based on his film The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) (a.k.a. "The Fearless Vampire Killers") and has been seen by more than 5 million people worldwide. The musical had its premiere in Vienna, Austria in 1997 followed by Germany (Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, Oberhausen),... See more »

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4 Biographical Movies | 12 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 6 Interviews | 83 Articles | 6 Pictorials | 6 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

R. Polanski | Roman Polañski

Height:

5' 3" (1.6 m)

Spouse:

Emmanuelle Seigner  (2 children) | See more »

Children:

Morgane Polanski | See more »

Parents:

Liebling, Bula | Liebling, Ryszard

Relatives:

Polanski, Annette (half sibling)
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Personal Quote:

[to the press after the murder of his wife Sharon Tate in 1969] All of you know how beautiful she was, but few of you know how good she was. See more »

Trivia:

The Jeroen Krabbé character in Snuff-Movie (2005) - a European film director whose pregnant wife was murdered by a hippy cult in the 1960s - appears to have been based on Polanski. See more »

Trademark:

His films are often told in a subjective narrative. See more »

Nickname:

Romek

Star Sign:

Leo

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