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Roman Polanski
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I never made a film which fully satisfied me.
— Quotes of Polanski from Barbara Leaming Polanski: His Life and Films (1982)
Roman Polanski
French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
- Fame74.5
- Momentum9.0
- France rank#171
Source-basedFalling
- Fame74.5
- Momentum9.0
- France rank#171
- Directors rank#43
- Wikipedia547.4K
Born 1933 · age 93France
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A filmmaker who survived the Holocaust as a child, lost his pregnant wife to the Manson Family, won an Oscar for directing The Pianist — and has lived as a fugitive from U.S. justice since 1978 after fleeing a sentencing hearing for sex with a minor.
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Born in Paris in 1933, Roman Polanski moved with his family to Kraków in 1937, where two years later the Nazi invasion trapped them in the ghetto. His parents were taken in raids; he survived the war in foster homes by hiding his half Jewish heritage under a false identity. After his Polish debut Knife in the Water earned an Oscar nomination in 1962, he moved west — first France, then England, where he made Repulsion, then the U.S., where Rosemary's Baby in 1968 secured his place in Hollywood. The Manson Family murdered his pregnant wife Sharon Tate and four others in 1969. He went on to direc…
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Roman Polanski
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I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.
— Quotes of Polanski from Barbara Leaming Polanski: His Life and Films (1982)
Roman Polanski
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People like Truffaut, Lelouch and Godard are like little kids playing at being revolutionaries. I've passed through this stage.
— Quotes of Polanski from Barbara Leaming Polanski: His Life and Films (1982)
Roman Polanski
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It's easy to direct while acting — there’s one less person to argue with.
— The New York Times (22 February 1976)
Roman Polanski
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I see Macbeth as a young, open-faced warrior, who is gradually sucked into a whirpool of events because of his ambition.
— Interview in Playboy magazine (February 1972); also quoted in Make It Again, Sam : A Survey of Movie Remakes (1975) by Michael B. Druxman,
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- César Award for Best Adaptation
- César Award for Best Director
- César Award for Best Director
- César Award for Best Director
- Honorary Lumière Award
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Momentum9.0
Historical43.7
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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