...Roman Polanski: Life as a Director...

ROMAN POLANSKI: LIFE AS A DIRECTOR ROMAN POLANSKI (born Rajmund Roman Thierry Polanski) has been MAKİNG FILMS for almost 60 YEARS in the following countries: "My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. -Roman Polansk Poland United Kingdom France United States Polanski is widely considered to be one of the few INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS who has INSPIRED diverse DIRECTORS throughout his entire CAREER Polanski's films have inspired diverse directors, including: The Coen brothers Wes Anderson David Fincher Atom Egoyan Darren Aronofsky Park Chan-wook Abel Ferrara Wes Craven "Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater." - Roman Polanski BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Moved to POLAND with his family THREE YEARS before World War II Polanski was FRANCE BORN POLAND in FRANCE He was EDUCATED in He SURVIVED the HOLOCAUST and became CONSUMED with the CINEMA. POLAND, where he attended the NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL in Lodz DIRECTOR He made his DIRECTORIAL DEBUT in 1955 with his Polanski took up ACTING, appearing in his first FILM, Andrzej Wajda's Pokolenie. short film, Rower, which is SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL Polanski paved his ENTRY into CINEMA with his psychological thriller, Repulsion. which won both the FIPRESCI Prize and the Silver Berlin Bear-Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival REPULSION "Seen in the context of Polanski's career, something rich and strange, shaded into terror by the naturalistic absurdism that is the basis of the director's style." - Dave Kehr, American film critic ACCOLADES In addition to the Cannes Film Festival's renowned Palme d'Or award, Polanski also received the following prestigious nominations/awards: 1963 1965 1966 1968 Knife in the Water Repulsion Cul-de-sac Rosemary's Baby ROSEMARY'S BABY CU E Sae REPULSION Academy of Motion Pictures Berlin Film Festival and Sciences Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Berlin Film Festival Best Screenplay Adaptation Best Foreign Language Film Silver Berlin Bear- Golden Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize Nominated WON WON Nominated 1974 1974 1974 1979 Chinatown Chinatown Chinatown Tess Tep CHINATOWN CHINATOWN" "CHINATOWN" Academy of Motion Pictures Golden Globe Awards and Sciences British Academy of Film and Television Árts Académie des arts et Techniques du Cinéma (césar) Academy Award for Best Director Best Direction Golden Globe Award for Best Director César Award for Best Picture Nominated WON WON WON 1979 1979 1979 1979 Tess Tess Tess Tess Tep Tep Tep Tep Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Académie des arts et Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Awards Techniques du Cinéma (césar) Academy Award for Directing Golden Globe Award for César Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture Best Foreign Film WON Nominated WON Nominated 2002 2002 2002 2002 The Pianist The Pianist The Pianist The Pianist PIANIST PIANIST PIANIST PIANIST British Academy of Film and Academy of Motion Picture Académie des arts et Television Arts Académie des arts et Arts and Sciences Techniques du Cinéma (césar) Techniques du Cinéma (césar) Academy Award for Best Director César Award for Best Director Best Film, Best Director César Award for Best Film WON WON WON WON 2002 2009 2010 2010 The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema Lifetime Achievement Award Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Zurich Film Festival Berlin Film Festival European Film Awards Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema Golden Icon Lifetime Achievement Award Silver Bear for Best Director Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter WON WON WON WON 2010 2011 2011 The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer Académie des arts et Lumiere Awards Académie des arts et Techniques du Cinéma (césar) Techniques du Cinéma (césar) Best Director. Best Screenwriter César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Screenwriter WON WON WON "I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle lI'm playing." -Roman Polanski sources: http://www.romanpolanski,pro/ http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/roman_polanskis_tess http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/components/slideshows/-production/ss-090928-roman-polanski/ss-090928-roman-polanski-16.grid-6x3.jpg http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/roman_polanski.html http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fH-0801ieqo/UIBwqikFjSI/AAAAAAAAEH0/XOLZHAUW-HI/s320/Roman%2BPolanski.jpg http://www.mastersofcinema.net/2012/08/roman-polanski-the-impact-of-life-on-art/