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Jerzy Skolimowski
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 W…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Skolimowski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Good Boy
Movie Producer
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2025
A Decent Man
TV show Professor Jerzy
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2023
The Palace
Movie Writer
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2023
Still Here
TV show Stanisław Czułkowski
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2022
EO
Movie Producer
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2022
The Silent Twins
Movie Thanks
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2020
At Home - Poland
TV show Director
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2020
It's Not Us
Movie Director
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2019
A Man in Love
Movie Editorial Staff
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2018
The Stolen Caravaggio
Movie Jerzy Kunze
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2018
Julius
Movie Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
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2015
11 Minutes
Movie Producer
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2013
Ida
Movie Thanks
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2012
Ixjana
Movie Co-Producer
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2012
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
Movie John III Sobieski
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2012
The Avengers
Movie Georgi Luchkov
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2011
'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
Movie Self
- 2011
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2010
Essential Killing
Movie Director
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2010
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Movie Self
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2009
Naznaczony
TV show Wojciech Radler
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2008
Four Nights with Anna
Movie Director
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2007
Eastern Promises
Movie Stepan
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2005
Le Cercle
TV show Self
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2003
Parola (su una data)
TV show
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2000
Before Night Falls
Movie Professor
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1999
Operacja Samum
Movie Hayes
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1999
L.A. Without a Map
Movie Minister
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1996
Mars Attacks!
Movie Dr. Zeigler
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1993
The Hollow Men
Movie Producer
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1991
30 Door Key
Movie dyrektor szkoły
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1990
Skolimowski à la table
Movie
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1989
Torrents of Spring
Movie Wiktor Wiktorowicz
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1987
Big Shots
Movie Doc
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1985
The Lightship
Movie Director
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1985
White Nights
Movie Colonel Chaiko
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1985
Mesmerized
Movie Writer
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1985
Hands Up!
Movie Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
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1984
Success Is the Best Revenge
Movie Producer
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1982
Moonlighting
Movie Boss (uncredited)
