Roman Polanski

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…