Jerzy Skolimowski
Known For
Directing
Born
1938-05-05 in Łódź, Poland
Biography
Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi]; born 5 May 1938) 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 as well as The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing, starring Vincent Gallo He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to filmmaking as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna (2008). He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. His film EO (2022) was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Skolimowski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Avengers
as Georgi Luchkov
German Film Award
as Self
Mars Attacks!
as Dr. Zeigler
Moonlighting
as Boss (uncredited)
Eastern Promises
as Stepan
Le Cercle
as Self
Still Here
as Stanisław Czułkowski
Altın Koza
as Self - Winner
A Slip-Up
as Auto Shop Owner
Operacja Samum
as Hayes
Barrier
as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Innocent Sorcerers
as Boxer (uncredited)
30 Door Key
as dyrektor szkoły
A Decent Man
as Professor Jerzy
White Nights
as Colonel Chaiko
Circle of Deceit
as Hoffmann
L.A. Without a Map
as Minister
Before Night Falls
as Professor
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
as John III Sobieski
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
as Self