# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walerian-borowczyk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:24:27.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walerian-borowczyk"
name: "Walerian Borowczyk"
slug: "walerian-borowczyk"
description: "Walerian Borowczyk was a Polish film director described by film critics as a \"genius who also happened to be a pornographer\". He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk settled in Paris in 1959. As a film director, he worked mainly in France."
tagline: "Polish film director (1923–2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Walerian_Borowczyk.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1923-10-21"
deathDate: "2006-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump