Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
May 5, 1938
Place of Birth:
Łódź, Poland
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Jerzy Skolimowski
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Stolen Caravaggio | Jerzy Kunze |
| 2018 | Julius | Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Georgi Luchkov |
| 2012 | The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 | John III Sobieski |
| 2011 | Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End | Self |
| 2011 | 'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes | Self |
| 2010 | Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life | Self |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Stepan |
| 2000 | Before Night Falls | Professor |
| 1999 | Operacja Samum | Hayes |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Minister |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Dr. Zeigler |
| 1991 | 30 Door Key | dyrektor szkoły |
| 1990 | Skolimowski à la table | |
| 1989 | Torrents of Spring | Wiktor Wiktorowicz |
| 1987 | Big Shots | Doc |
| 1985 | White Nights | Colonel Chaiko |
| 1985 | Hands Up! | Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage) |
| 1982 | Moonlighting | Boss (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Circle of Deceit | Hoffmann |
| 1972 | King, Queen, Knave | |
| 1972 | A Slip-Up | Auto Shop Owner |
| 1971 | Deep End | Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Sposób bycia | Leopold |
| 1966 | Barrier | Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Identification Marks: None | Andrzej Leszczyc |
| 1965 | Walkover | Andrzej Leszczyc |
| 1960 | Innocent Sorcerers | Boxer (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Decent Man | Professor Jerzy |
| 2023 | Still Here | Stanisław Czułkowski |
| 2009 | Naznaczony | Wojciech Radler |
| 2005 | Le Cercle | Self |
| 2003 | Parola (su una data) | |
| 1969 | Altın Koza | Self - Winner |
| 1951 | German Film Award | Self |