Known For
Directing
Born
May 05, 1938
Place of Birth
Łódź, Poland
Credits
70 titles
Jerzy Skolimowski
Biography
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). He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. His film EO (2022) was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Skolimowski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Good Boy
Producer
A Decent Man
Professor Jerzy
The Palace
Writer
Still Here
Stanisław Czułkowski
EO
Producer
The Silent Twins
Thanks
At Home - Poland
Director
It's Not Us
Director
A Man in Love
Editorial Staff
The Stolen Caravaggio
Jerzy Kunze
Julius
Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
11 Minutes
Producer
Ida
Thanks
Ixjana
Co-Producer
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
Director
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Self
Naznaczony
Wojciech Radler
Four Nights with Anna
Director
Eastern Promises
Stepan
Le Cercle
Self
Parola (su una data)
Before Night Falls
Professor
Operacja Samum
Hayes
L.A. Without a Map
Minister
Mars Attacks!
Dr. Zeigler
The Hollow Men
Producer
30 Door Key
dyrektor szkoły
Skolimowski à la table
Torrents of Spring
Wiktor Wiktorowicz
Big Shots
Doc
The Lightship
Director
White Nights
Colonel Chaiko
Mesmerized
Writer
Hands Up!
Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
Success Is the Best Revenge
Producer
Moonlighting
Boss (uncredited)
Circle of Deceit
Hoffmann
The Shout
Director
Ciné regards
Self
A Slip-Up
Auto Shop Owner
King, Queen, Knave
Film '72
Self
Deep End
Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
The Adventures of Gerard
Screenplay
Altın Koza
Self - Winner
The Twenty-Year-Olds
Director