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. Polańskis 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 dOr. 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 Rosemarys Baby.In 1969, Polańskis pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered while staying at the Polańskis Benedict Canyon home above Los Angeles by members of the Manson Family. Following Tates 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. Polańskis next film, The Tenant (1976), was shot in France, and completed the Apartment Trilogy, following Repulsion and Rosemarys 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 Szpilmans autobiography of the same name, which echoed some of Polańskis 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 Festivals Palme dOr, 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.
Man with Knife
Film 1974
Det. Revi
Film 2007
Self (archive footage)
Film 1998
Steiner
Film 2008
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Film 2019
Solitary Drinker
Film 1969
Trelkovsky
Film 1976
Young Man (voice)
Film 1962
Self
Film 1967
Mundek
Film 1955
Self (archive footage)
Film 2012
Dudzio
Film 1960
Inspector
Film 1994
Mosquito
Film 1972
Self
Film 2023
Romek
Film 1957
A passer-by (uncredited)
Film 1959
Self
Film 2000
Old woman
Film 1959
Tutor (uncredited)
Film 1960
Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
Film 1957
Self (archive footage)
Film 2019
Porter (uncredited)
Film 1956
Caroler
Film 1972
the lean
Film 1961
Self
Film 1996
Self (archive footage)
Film 2014
Self
Film 2012
Self (archive footage)
Film 2008
Self
Film 2013
Self
Film 1972
Self (archive footage)
Film 2008
Self (archive footage)
Film 2015
Self (archive footage)
Film 1999
Self
Film 2000
Himself
Film 1968
Self (uncredited)
Film 1970
Self
Film 2000
Self (archive footage)
Film 2012
Romek
Film 1960
Gambler
Film 1974
Himself
Film 2013
Film 1984
Neighbor
Film 2011
Self
Film 2018
Bad Boy
Film 1958
Self
Film 2011
Kurilov
Film 1992
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2002
Self
Film 2003
Self
Film 1968
Self
Film 2014
Self
Film 1972
Self
Film 1995
Self (Archive footage)
Film 2024
Fabrice Fournier
Film
Self
Film 2003
Self
Film 2006
Musician (uncredited)
Film 1959
Himself
Film 2002
Lucky
Film 1989
Roman Polanski
Film 1994
Józef Papkin
Film 2002
Genek "Mały" (segment 2)
Film 1953
Boy who wants to buy a bicycle
Film 2008
Film 1955
Adaś
Film 1955
Mały
Film 1957
Dancer
Film 1958
Driver
Film 1961
Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)
Film 1961
Film 1982
Self
Film 1979
Self
Film 2012
Self
Film 2000
Film 1995
Self
Film 2021
Self
Film 2003
Self
Film 1967
Self
Film 1964
Self
Film 2012
Himself
Film 1997
Film 1978
Self
Film 2020
Himself
Film 1967
Self
Film 2004
Self
Film 2004
Self
Film 2004
Self
Film 1980
Self (archive footage)
Film 2002
Self
Film 2000
Basia's Brother
Film 1955
Film 2010
Man in Tavern (archive footage)
Film 2009
Self
Film 2014
Film 2006
Film 2006
Self (archive footage)
Film 2009
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Film 1988
Self
Film 2007
Self (archive footage)
Film 2010
Self
Film 2019
Self
Film 2012
Tv 1996
Self
Tv 2003
Self
Tv 1981
Self
Tv 2012
Self
Tv 2004
Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)
Tv 2020
Self
Tv 1997
Self
Tv 1982
Self
Tv 1974
Self
Tv 1972
Self
Tv 1979
Self
Tv 1975
Self - Guest
Tv 1968
Self
Tv 1975
Self
Tv 1981
himself
Tv 1967
Self
Tv 1982
Self (archive footage)
Tv 2023
Self
Tv 1987
Self
Tv 1986