Search results
› Children
Morgane Polanski
- Fugitive
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański [a] ( né Liebling; [2] born 18 August 1933) is a French and Polish [1] [3] film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, ten César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards , as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme ...
- Roman Polanski Sexual Abuse Case
On March 10, 1977, 43-year-old film director Roman Polanski...
- Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is a 2005 drama film directed by Roman...
- Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress...
- Morgane Polanski
Roman Polanski Emmanuelle Seigner: Morgane Polanski (born 20...
- Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
Early life and career. Barbara Kwiatkowska was born in...
- Macbeth
Macbeth (also known as The Tragedy of Macbeth or Roman...
- An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy (French: J'accuse) is a 2019 historical...
- Tess
Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by Roman Polanski and...
- Roman Polanski Sexual Abuse Case
Apr 2, 2024 · Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933, Paris, France) is a French Polish director, scriptwriter, and actor who, through a variety of film genres, explored themes of isolation, desire, and absurdity. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Who Is Roman Polanski?
- Early Life in Europe
- Early Films
- 'Knife in The Water,' 'Repulsion'
- 'Rosemary's Baby'
- Wife Sharon Tate's Murder
- Sexual Abuse Case
- 'Tess'
- 'Death and The Maiden'
- Oscar Win For 'The Pianist'
Born Raimund Polanski on August 18, 1933, in Paris, director Roman Polanski moved to Hollywood in 1968, making his American film debut with the classic Rosemary's Baby. In 1969, Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, was brutally murdered by members of Charles Manson'scult, and in 1977, Polanski was indicted on six criminal counts for havin...
Raimund Polanski was born on August 18, 1933, in Paris, France. At the age of three, he moved with his family to his father's native city of Krakow, Poland. In 1941, his parents were imprisoned in various Nazi concentration camps, leading to his mother's death in Auschwitz. In order to escape deportation, Polanski lived with several different Polis...
As a teenager, Polanski developed his acting skills in radio dramas and films. In 1954, he enrolled at the Polish National Film Academy in Lodz, where his body of work consisted of short films and documentaries. Upon his graduation, he appeared in a number of movies, including famed Polish director Andrzej Wajda's Lotna (1959), Innocent Sorcerers (...
In 1962, he directed his first feature-length film, Knife in the Water. The international recognition that followed, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film, gave Polanski the chance to bring his movies to a more mainstream audience. The following year, he moved to London, where his next offering, the psychological thriller Repu...
In 1968, Polanski moved to Hollywood, making his American film debut with the classic thriller Rosemary's Baby, which featured exceptional performances by Mia Farrowand John Cassavetes.
Despite his burgeoning film career, Polanski endured a devastating tragedy in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, wasbrutally murdered by members of the Manson "Family." The extreme violence experienced by Polanski throughout his life was often reflected in his films, which tended to focus on the darker themes of alienation and evil —...
In 1977, Polanski was indicted on six criminal counts for having sexual relations with a minor. The alleged act took place with a 13-year-old girl, in the home of Jack Nicholson. Both Nicholson and his longtime girlfriend, actress Anjelica Huston, testified against Polanski when the highly publicized case was brought to trial. Polanski pleaded guil...
Polanski traveled to Europe and eventually settled in Paris, where he directed the critically acclaimed Tess (1979) — an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Throughout the 1980s, he concentrated on stage acting, appearing in productions of Amadeus (1981) and Metamorphosis(1988).
Polanski returned to film work with the intense thriller Frantic (1988), starring Harrison Ford and Betty Buckley, followed by the erotic drama Bitter Moon (1992), with Hugh Grant and Polanski's current wife Emmanuelle Seigner. Both projects failed to impress critics, but Polanski reestablished himself in 1994 with Death and the Maiden, a film adap...
Polanski staged a comeback in 2002 with the critically acclaimed Holocaust drama The Pianist, which won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Polanski won a surprise Best Director Oscar for the film, but was not allowed to attend the award ceremony due to his criminal indictment. The film's star, 29-year-old Adrien Brody, also earned an Oscar ...
Director: Chinatown. Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.
- August 18, 1933
Jan 30, 2018 · Forty years ago this week, Roman Polanski went from being one of the most celebrated film-makers in the world to becoming the United States’ most notorious fugitive from justice. On 1 February...
Director: Chinatown. Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.
Jul 18, 2022 · LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor testified ...
