Jerzy Skolimowski
Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi], born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter.[2] 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.[3]
Jerzy Skolimowski | |
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Born | (1938-05-05) 5 May 1938 (age 85) Łódź, Poland |
Alma mater | Łódź Film School |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, director, screenwriter, actor, painter |
Years active | 1960–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
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.