
Jerzy Skolimowski
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1938-05-05
Place of birth: 艁贸d藕, Poland
Biography
Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [藞j蓻蕫扫 sk蓴li藞m蓴fsk什i]; 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.
Known for

Eastern Promises
2007Stepan
The Avengers
2012Georgi LuchkovSkolimowski 脿 la table
1990
White Nights
1985Colonel Chaiko
Circle of Deceit
1981Hoffmann
Innocent Sorcerers
1960Boxer (uncredited)
Spos贸b bycia
1966Leopold
Big Shots
1987Doc
Moonlighting
1982Boss (uncredited)
30 Door Key
1991dyrektor szko艂y
Operacja Samum
1999Hayes
Hands Up!
1985Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
Torrents of Spring
1989Wiktor Wiktorowicz
Before Night Falls
2000Professor
King, Queen, Knave
1972
Barrier
1966Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
L.A. Without a Map
1999Minister
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
2012John III Sobieski
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
2011Self