Andrzej Żuławski

Known for DirectingBorn 1940-11-22Died 2016-02-17Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Andrzej Żuławski (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine). Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where became known for controversial and violent art-house films. Zulawski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.Read more

Movies & web series

Spécial cinéma

Le Grand Échiquier

On the Silver Globe

Boris Godounov

Escape to the Silver Globe

Possession

The Devil

Żuławski on Żuławski

That Most Important Thing: Love

The Third Part of the Night

Cosmos

The Other Side of the Wall: The Making of Possession

The Night of the Generals

Love at Twenty

The Ashes

Possession: Kerasukan

Szamanka

Dangerous Liaisons

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days

The Song of Triumphant Love

Fidelity

The Public Woman

Pavoncello

Mad Love

The Blue Note

Malady of Love

Bird Talk

Samson

Sadness and Beauty

La Sorcière

Theatre Macabre

Short Life, Long Death: The Making and Un-Making of On The Silver Globe

Boris Godounov, une conscience tourmentée

Two Faces of Andrzej Zulawski

Possession