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Jerzy Skolimowski

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Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor

DirectorsBorn 1938 · age 88
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Jerzy Skolimowski 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).

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Filmography 40

The Avengers2012 · ★ 8.0
Mars Attacks!1996 · ★ 6.4
Eastern Promises2007 · ★ 7.3
Good Boy2026 · ★ 7.3
EO2022 · ★ 6.5
Deep End1971 · ★ 7.0
Knife in the Water1962 · ★ 7.3
Before Night Falls2000 · ★ 6.6
The Palace2023 · ★ 5.4
White Nights1985 · ★ 6.7
Essential Killing2010 · ★ 5.9
The Shout1978 · ★ 6.0
The Stolen Caravaggio2018 · ★ 6.0
Moonlighting1982 · ★ 7.0
11 Minutes2015 · ★ 5.5
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 16832012 · ★ 4.3
L.A. Without a Map1999 · ★ 5.9
Innocent Sorcerers1960
The Departure1967
Identification Marks: None1965
Four Nights with Anna2008
Circle of Deceit1981
Mesmerized1985
Julius2018
The Lightship1985
Operacja Samum1999
Barrier1966
Walkover1965
Big Shots1987
Hands Up!1985
The Menacing Eye1960
Erotique1961
King, Queen, Knave1972
The Adventures of Gerard1970
30 Door Key1991
Little Hamlet1960
Torrents of Spring1989
Your Money or Your Life1961
Success Is the Best Revenge1984
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life2010

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Television 9

German Film Award1951
Still Here2023
A Decent Man2025
NET Playhouse1966
Naznaczony2009
Le Cercle2005
Altın Koza1969
At Home - Poland2020
Parola (su una data)2003

Awards 4

2022European University Film Award
1982Best Screenplay Award
German Film Award
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Jerzy Skolimowski 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; The Shout (1978), starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt; Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons; and Essential Killing (2010), starring Vincent Gallo.

Category
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Type
Movie Director
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Dates
Born 1938 · age 88
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