Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Born 1938-05-05 (age 88) 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.

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Known For

The Avengers
The Avengers

2012

as Georgi Luchkov

Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!

1996

as Dr. Zeigler

Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises

2007

as Stepan

White Nights
White Nights

1985

as Colonel Chaiko

Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls

2000

as Professor

Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit

1981

as Hoffmann

Moonlighting
Moonlighting

1982

as Boss (uncredited)

Deep End
Deep End

1971

as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)

Operacja Samum
Operacja Samum

1999

as Hayes

A Slip-Up
A Slip-Up

1972

as Auto Shop Owner

King, Queen, Knave
Innocent Sorcerers
Innocent Sorcerers

1960

as Boxer (uncredited)

L.A. Without a Map
L.A. Without a Map

1999

as Minister

Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring

1989

as Wiktor Wiktorowicz

Big Shots
Big Shots

1987

as Doc

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
30 Door Key
30 Door Key

1991

as dyrektor szkoły

Barrier
Barrier

1966

as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)