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Jerzy Skolimowski

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Jerzy Skolimowski

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Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor

Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Nóż w wodzie
  • Nóż w wozie
  • Der Start
  • Knife in the water

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Directing · 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).…

Known for

  • A Decent Man — Professor Jerzy2025
  • Still Here — Stanisław Czułkowski2023
  • The Stolen Caravaggio — Jerzy Kunze2018
  • Julius — Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik2018
  • The Avengers — Georgi Luchkov2012
  • The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 — John III Sobieski2012
  • Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End — Self2011
  • 'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes — Self2011
  • Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life — Self2010
  • Naznaczony — Wojciech Radler2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Poland
Active from
1935-04-10
Active to
2018-03-07

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Total plays
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Key facts

Born
( 1938-05-05 ) 5 May 1938 (age 88) , Łódź , Poland
Alma mater
Łódź Film School
Occupations
Filmmaker, director, screenwriter, actor, painter
Years active
1960–present
Spouses
Elżbieta Czyżewska ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1965 ) ​ Joanna Szczerbic ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) ​ Ewa Piaskowska

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Encyclopedic overview

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; The Shout (1978), starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt; Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons; and Essential Killing (2010), 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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jerzy Skolimowski” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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