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Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Director · Born May 5, 1938 · Łódź, Poland

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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.

Directed 26

2020s

  1. 2022
  2. 2020

    It's Not Us

    Director

2010s

  1. 2015

    11 Minutes

    Director

  2. 2010

2000s

  1. 2008

    Four Nights with Anna

    Director

1990s

  1. 1991

    30 Door Key

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Torrents of Spring

    Director

  2. 1985

    The Lightship

    Director

  3. Hands Up!

    Director

  4. 1984

    Success Is the Best Revenge

    Director

  5. 1982

1970s

  1. 1978
  2. 1972

    King, Queen, Knave

    Director

  3. 1971
  4. 1970

    The Adventures of Gerard

    Director

1960s

  1. 1968

    Dialogue 20-40-60

    Director

  2. The Twenty-Year-Olds

    Director

  3. 1967
  4. 1966

    Barrier

    Director

  5. 1965

    Identification Marks: None

    Director

  6. Walkover

    Director

  7. 1961

    Your Money or Your Life

    Director

  8. Erotique

    Director

  9. 1960

    Little Hamlet

    Director

  10. The Menacing Eye

    Director

Acted in 28

2020s

  1. 2025
  2. 2023

    Still Here

    Stanisław Czułkowski · 7 episodes

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. Julius

    Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik

  3. 2012

    The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

    John III Sobieski

2000s

  1. 2009

    Naznaczony

    Wojciech Radler · 13 episodes

  2. 2007
  3. 2000

    Before Night Falls

    Professor

1990s

  1. 1999

    Operacja Samum

    Hayes

  2. 1996
  3. 1991

    30 Door Key

    dyrektor szkoły

1980s

  1. 1989

    Torrents of Spring

    Wiktor Wiktorowicz

  2. 1987

    Big Shots

    Doc

  3. 1985
  4. Hands Up!

    Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)

  5. 1982
  6. 1981

1970s

  1. 1972

    A Slip-Up

    Auto Shop Owner

  2. King, Queen, Knave

    Movie

  3. 1971

1960s

  1. 1966

    Barrier

    Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

  2. Cooked Doves

    Boy Scout (uncredited)

  3. Sposób bycia

    Leopold

  4. 1965

    Identification Marks: None

    Andrzej Leszczyc

  5. Walkover

    Andrzej Leszczyc

  6. 1960

    Innocent Sorcerers

    Boxer (uncredited)

Wrote 28

2010s

  1. 2015

    11 Minutes

    Screenplay

  2. 2010

2000s

  1. 2008

    Four Nights with Anna

    Screenplay

1990s

  1. 1991

    30 Door Key

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1989

    Torrents of Spring

    Screenplay

  2. 1985
  3. Hands Up!

    Screenplay

  4. 1984

    Success Is the Best Revenge

    Screenplay

  5. 1982

1970s

  1. 1978
  2. 1972

    A Slip-Up

    Screenplay

  3. 1971
  4. 1970

    The Adventures of Gerard

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1968

    Dialogue 20-40-60

    Screenplay

  2. 1967
  3. 1966

    Barrier

    Screenplay

  4. 1965

    Identification Marks: None

    Screenplay

  5. Walkover

    Screenplay

  6. The Friend

    Dialogue

  7. 1962

    Night Fare

    Screenplay

  8. 1961

    Your Money or Your Life

    Writer

  9. Erotique

    Writer

  10. 1960

    Innocent Sorcerers

    Screenplay

  11. The Menacing Eye

    Writer

Produced 11

2010s

  1. 2015

    11 Minutes

    Producer

  2. 2012

    Ixjana

    Co-Producer

  3. 2010

2000s

  1. 2008

    Four Nights with Anna

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1991

    30 Door Key

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1984

    Success Is the Best Revenge

    Producer

  2. 1982

1960s

  1. 1962

    Night Fare

    Producer

Other crew 1

2010s

  1. 2019

    A Man in Love

    Editorial Staff

Art department 1

1960s

  1. 1965

    Identification Marks: None

    Art Direction

Appearances6

2010s

  1. 2011

    'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes

    Self

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

    Self

  3. 2010

    Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life

    Self

2000s

  1. 2005

    Le Cercle

    Self · 1 episode

1960s

  1. 1969

    Altın Koza

    Self - Winner · 1 episode

Thanked in the credits2

2010s

  1. 2013