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Roman Polanski

1933 (93) • 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.

Known For

The Pianist

84%

Director

2002

Rosemary's Baby

78%

Director

1968

Chinatown

79%

Director

1974

Rush Hour 3

65%

Det. Revi

2007

The Ninth Gate

65%

Screenplay

1999

Tower Heist

61%

Thanks

2011

Carnage

72%

Director

2011

The Ghost Writer

68%

Director

2010

La scripte

Lui-même

2026

Breakdown: 1975

68%

Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)

2025

Being Bo Widerberg

80%

Self (archive footage)

2025

Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light

62%

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2025

Chaos: The Manson Murders

61%

Self

2025

The Palace

54%

Director

2023

The Palace

54%

Writer

2023

The Family

60%

Self

2023

The Playboy Murders

76%

Self (archive footage)

2023

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

76%

Self (archive footage)

2022

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

80%

self

2021

Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto

62%

Self

2021

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

20%

Self

2020

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

67%

Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)

2020

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

60%

Self

2019

An Officer and a Spy

71%

Concertgoer (uncredited)

2019

An Officer and a Spy

71%

Director

2019

An Officer and a Spy

71%

Writer

2019

Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

68%

Self (archive footage)

2019

Sharon Tate Home Movies

Director

2019

Valerie

30%
2019

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

60%

Self

2018

Based on a True Story

57%

Director

2017

Based on a True Story

57%

Screenplay

2017

Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean

10%

Characters

2017

Mansfield 66/67

52%

Self - Filmmaker(archive footage)

2017

Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders

20%
2015

Roman by Polanski

2015

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