Jerzy Skolimowski

Known for DirectingBorn 1938-05-05 (age 88)Łódź, Poland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Boxing

Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End

The Avengers

Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life

Good Boy

Eastern Promises

Ida

It's Not Us

A Man in Love

Knife in the Water

Moonlighting

The Silent Twins

EO

Deep End

A Decent Man

Before Night Falls

Innocent Sorcerers

White Nights

Barrier

A Slip-Up

Big Shots

Mars Attacks!

Success Is the Best Revenge

Four Nights with Anna

The Departure

30 Door Key

The Stolen Caravaggio

Identification Marks: None

Essential Killing

Walkover

Operacja Samum

The Friend

L.A. Without a Map

Circle of Deceit

The Shout

Torrents of Spring

Still Here

Julius

11 Minutes

The Palace

The Adventures of Gerard

German Film Award

Hands Up!

Dialogue 20-40-60

Erotique

The Lightship

Little Hamlet

Your Money or Your Life