Jerzy Skolimowski
Born: 1938-05-05 in Łódź, Poland
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Skolimowski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Good Boy ... (Producer)
2025
- A Decent Man as Professor Jerzy
2023
- Still Here as Stanisław Czułkowski
- The Palace ... (Writer)
2022
- EO ... (Producer)
- The Silent Twins ... (Thanks)
2020
- At Home - Poland ... (Director)
- It's Not Us ... (Director)
2019
- A Man in Love ... (Editorial Staff)
2018
- The Stolen Caravaggio as Jerzy Kunze
- Julius as Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
2015
- 11 Minutes ... (Producer)
2013
- Ida ... (Thanks)
2012
- The Avengers as Georgi Luchkov
- Ixjana ... (Co-Producer)
- The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 as John III Sobieski
2011
2010
- Essential Killing ... (Director)
- Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life as Self
2009
- Naznaczony as Wojciech Radler
2008
- Four Nights with Anna ... (Writer)
2007
- Eastern Promises as Stepan
2005
- Le Cercle as Self
2003
2000
- Before Night Falls as Professor
1999
- Operacja Samum as Hayes
- L.A. Without a Map as Minister
1996
- Mars Attacks! as Dr. Zeigler
1993
- The Hollow Men ... (Producer)
1991
- 30 Door Key as dyrektor szkoły
1989
- Torrents of Spring as Wiktor Wiktorowicz
1987
- Big Shots as Doc
1985
- White Nights as Colonel Chaiko
- The Lightship ... (Director)
- Mesmerized ... (Writer)
- Hands Up! as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
1984
- Success Is the Best Revenge ... (Producer)
1982
- Moonlighting as Boss (uncredited)
1981
- Circle of Deceit as Hoffmann
1978
- The Shout ... (Screenplay)
1972
- A Slip-Up as Auto Shop Owner
- King, Queen, Knave
1971
- Deep End as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
1970
- The Adventures of Gerard ... (Screenplay)
1969
- Altın Koza as Self - Winner
1968
- Dialogue 20-40-60 ... (Screenplay)
1967
- The Departure ... (Director)
1966
- Sposób bycia as Leopold
- Barrier as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1965
- Walkover as Andrzej Leszczyc
- Identification Marks: None as Andrzej Leszczyc
- The Friend ... (Dialogue)
1962
- Knife in the Water ... (Screenplay)
- Night Fare ... (Screenplay)
- Beautiful ... (Director)
- The Nude ... (Director)
1961
- Erotique ... (Director)
- Your Money or Your Life ... (Director)
- Boxing ... (Director)
1960
- Innocent Sorcerers as Boxer (uncredited)
- Little Hamlet ... (Director)
- The Menacing Eye ... (Director)
1951
- German Film Award as Self