Roman Polanski (I)


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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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Won 1 Oscar. Another 97 wins & 95 nominations. See more awards »

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Known For

Chinatown Director
(1974)
Le locataire Director
(1976)
The Ghost Writer Director
(2010)
Carnage Director
(2011)

Filmography

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 2019 J'accuse
 2012 A Therapy (Short)
 2011 Carnage
 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 Le locataire
 1974 Chinatown (directed by)
 1972 Che?
 1972 Weekend of a Champion (Documentary) (uncredited)
 1966 Cul-de-sac
 1965 Repulsion
 1964 Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (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 Morderstwo (Short)
 1957 Rozbijemy zabawe... (Short)
 1957 Usmiech zebiczny (Short)
 1955 Rower (Short)
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Other Works:

Director of the stage musical "Tanz Der Vampire", which is based on his film Dance of the Vampires (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), Poland... See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies | 12 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 6 Interviews | 84 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:

[Cannes press conference for D'après une histoire vraie (2017), on working regularly with Pawel Edelman] Once you work on several films with the same director of photography, there is very little to talk about, because it's all clear. There's just sometimes details - if I see that something bothers me, I tell him and he changes it immediately. But in general concept, before starting the ... See more »

Trivia:

He has two children with Emmanuelle Seigner: Morgane Polanski (born January 20, 1993) and Elvis Polanski (born April 12, 1998). See more »

Trademark:

By the end of his films, the protagonist often meets an uncertain, melancholic future (The Ninth Gate (1999), The Ghost Writer (2010), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)). See more »

Nickname:

Romek

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