10.0
10.0
Tess: The Experience
2004
as Self
Roman Polanski
Also known as: Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański, Polanski, Raymond Roman Thierry Liebling...
Directing
Born:August 18, 1933(age 92)
Birthplace:Paris, France
Nationality:Poland
Height:5'3" (160 cm)
Education:National Film School in Łódź, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
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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. In 1969, Polański's pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered while staying at the Polańskis' Benedict Canyon home above Los Angeles by members of the Manson Family. Following Tate's death, Polański returned to Europe and spent much of his time in Paris and Gstaad, but did not make another film until he filmed Macbeth (1971) in England. The following year he went to Italy to make What? (1973) and subsequently spent the next five years living near Rome. However, he traveled to Hollywood to direct Chinatown (1974) for Paramount Pictures, with Robert Evans serving as producer. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, and was a critical and box-office success; the script by Robert Towne won for Best Original Screenplay. Polański's next film, The Tenant (1976), was shot in France, and completed the "Apartment Trilogy", following Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby. In 1977, after a photo shoot in Los Angeles, Polański was arrested for the sexual abuse of a 13 year old girl. He was charged with rape but pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor. To avoid sentencing, Polański fled to his home in London, and then moved on to France the following day. He has had a U.S. arrest warrant outstanding since then, and an international arrest warrant since 2005. Polański continued to make films such as The Pianist (2002), a World War II-set adaptation of Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman's autobiography of the same name, which echoed some of Polański's earlier life experiences. Like Szpilman, Polański escaped the ghetto and the concentration camps while family members were killed. The film won three Academy Awards including Best Director, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, and seven French César Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. He then released the successful films Oliver Twist (2005), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), and The Ghost Writer (2010), completed while under house arrest. In September 2009, Polański was arrested by Swiss police, at the request of U.S. authorities, when he traveled to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival. In October 2009, the U.S. requested his extradition; however, on July 12, 2010, the Swiss rejected that request and instead declared him a "free man" after releasing him from custody.
Filmography (122 movies)
8.4
8.4
The Pianist
2002
Director
8.0
8.0
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000
as Self
8.0
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
Director
7.9
7.9
Chinatown
1974
Director
7.8
7.8
Rosemary's Baby
1968
Director
7.8
7.8
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
7.6
7.6
The Tenant
1976
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
The River of Diamonds
1964
Director
7.4
7.4
A Pure Formality
1994
as Inspector
7.4
7.4
Repulsion
1965
Director
7.3
7.3
Knife in the Water
1962
Screenplay
7.2
7.2
Venus in Fur
2013
Screenplay
7.2
7.2
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Carnage
2011
Director
7.1
7.1
Bitter Moon
1992
Director
7.1
7.1
Death and the Maiden
1994
Director
7.1
7.1
Tess
1979
Director
7.1
7.1
An Officer and a Spy
2019
Writer
7.1
7.1
Macbeth
1971
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Weekend of a Champion
1972
Director
7.0
7.0
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
2010
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967
Director
6.9
6.9
A Generation
1955
as Mundek
6.9
6.9
Innocent Sorcerers
1960
as Dudzio
6.8
6.8
The Ghost Writer
2010
Producer
6.8
6.8
Ciao, Federico!
1970
as Self (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Oliver Twist
2005
Producer
6.7
6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
Writer
6.7
6.7
Frantic
1988
Director
6.7
6.7
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
as Self (archive footage)
6.6
6.6
When Angels Fall
1959
Director
6.5
6.5
Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
1960
as Romek
6.5
6.5
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
as Self
6.5
6.5
Dracula: The True Story
1997
as Himself
6.5
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Producer
6.5
6.5
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Det. Revi
6.5
6.5
The Ninth Gate
1999
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
Weekend of a Champion
2013
as Himself
6.3
6.3
Two Men and a Wardrobe
1958
Director
6.3
6.3
Playboy: The Story of X
1998
as Self (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Pirates
1986
Director
6.2
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self
6.1
6.1
The Fat and the Lean
1961
Director
6.0
6.0
Polanski y los ojos del mal
2002
as Himself
6.0
6.0
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007
as Self
6.0
6.0
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Lamp
1959
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Family
2023
as Self
6.0
6.0
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019
as Self
6.0
6.0
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
as Self
6.0
6.0
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
2025
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
2012
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
A Special Day
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Two Gangsters and an Island
2003
as Self
6.0
6.0
Dead Tired
1994
as Roman Polanski
5.9
5.9
Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto
2021
as Self
5.7
5.7
Based on a True Story
2017
Director
5.7
5.7
Blood for Dracula
1974
as Gambler
5.6
5.6
The Magic Christian
1969
as Solitary Drinker
5.5
5.5
The Revenge
2002
as Józef Papkin
5.4
5.4
What?
1972
Screenplay
5.3
5.3
The Palace
2023
Director
5.3
5.3
A Therapy
2012
Director
5.3
5.3
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Writer
5.2
5.2
A British Horror Film
2003
as Self
5.2
5.2
Break Up the Dance
1957
Director
5.1
5.1
A Toothful Smile
1957
Director
5.1
5.1
Mammals
1962
Writer
5.1
5.1
Murder
1957
Writer
5.0
5.0
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
as Self
5.0
5.0
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009
as Man in Tavern (archive footage)
5.0
5.0
Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective
2000
as Self
5.0
5.0
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
as Himself
4.7
4.7
The Boat on the Grass
1971
Writer
4.5
4.5
A Day at the Beach
1970
Producer
4.4
4.4
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
as Self (archive footage)
4.3
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
Director
4.1
4.1
Wraki
1957
as Romek
4.0
4.0
Mia and Roman
1968
as Himself
4.0
4.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Director
3.8
3.8
Koniec nocy
1957
as Mały
3.5
3.5
Empire of the Censors
1995
as Self
3.2
3.2
Ostrożnie yeti
1961
as Driver
3.2
3.2
A Taste for Women
1964
Screenplay
3.0
3.0
Back in the USSR
1992
as Kurilov
3.0
3.0
The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography
2006
3.0
3.0
Twist by Polanski
2006
2.8
2.8
The Evolution of Snuff
1978
2.8
2.8
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self
2.0
2.0
Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
2015
2.0
2.0
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
as Self
2.0
2.0
Chassé-croisé
1982
2.0
2.0
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
1995
1.0
1.0
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
2000
as Self
1.0
1.0
Bicycle
2008
Writer
1.0
1.0
Godzina bez słońca
1955
1.0
1.0
En attendant Godot
1989
as Lucky
1.0
1.0
Magical Bicycle
1955
as Adaś
1.0
1.0
The Girl Across the Way
1968
Writer
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
1984
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West
2003
as Self
Roman by Polanski
2015
Polanski par Polanski
2006
as Self
The Stalking Moon
TBA
as Fabrice Fournier
Polanski Meets Macbeth
1972
as Self
The Nomad
1967
as Self
The New Cinema
1968
as Self
Tess: From Novel to Screen
2004
as Self
Filming 'Tess'
2004
as Self
Cracow by Polanski
2010
Komeda, Komeda...
2012
as Self
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
1979
as Self
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Elle s'appelait Françoise
1996
as Self
Con bravura
1972
as Caroler
Last Pictures
2000
as Self
Sharon Tate Home Movies
2019
Director
Greed
2009
Director
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