Roman Polanski

Known For: Directing
Born: August 18, 1933
Place of Birth: Paris, France

Roman Polanski

Roman Polański (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in Paris to Polish parents, Polański relocated with his family to Poland in 1937. After surviving the Holocaust, he continued his education in Poland and became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films. Polański's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, and in 2002 received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist. He has also been the recipient of two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe and the Palme d'Or. He left Poland in 1961 to live in France for several years, then moved to the United Kingdom where he collaborated with Gérard Brach on three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965). In 1…

Filmography

La scripte

2026 · Lui-même

Breakdown: 1975

2025 · Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)

Being Bo Widerberg

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light

2025 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Chaos: The Manson Murders

2025 · Self

The Palace

2023 · Director, Writer

The Family

2023 · Self

The Playboy Murders

2023 · Self (archive footage)

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

2021 · self

Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto

2021 · Self

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

2020 · Self

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

2020 · Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage)

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

2019 · Self

An Officer and a Spy

2019 · Concertgoer (uncredited), Director, Writer

Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Sharon Tate Home Movies

2019 · Director

Valerie

2019

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

2018 · Self

Based on a True Story

2017 · Director, Screenplay

Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean

Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean

2017 · Characters

Mansfield 66/67

2017 · Self - Filmmaker(archive footage)

Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders

Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders

2015

Roman by Polanski

2015

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

2014 · Self

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014 · Self, Director

Weekend of a Champion

2013 · Himself

Venus in Fur

2013 · Director, Screenplay

Seduced and Abandoned

2013 · Self

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

2012 · Self

Close Up

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Komeda, Komeda...

Komeda, Komeda...

2012 · Self

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

2012 · Self (archive footage)

A Special Day

2012 · Self

28 minutes

2012 · Self

Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'

2012 · Self

Tower Heist

2011 · Thanks

Carnage

2011 · Neighbor, Director, Screenplay

Cracow by Polanski

2010 · , Idea

Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life

2010 · Self

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

2010 · Self (archive footage)

The Ghost Writer

2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Memories of a Young Pianist

Memories of a Young Pianist

2009 · Man in Tavern (archive footage)

On the Trail of the New Wave

On the Trail of the New Wave

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Bicycle

2008 · Boy who wants to buy a bicycle, Director, Writer

Il falso bugiardo

2008 · Self (archive footage)

Quiet Chaos

2008 · Steiner

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008 · Self (archive footage)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007 · Self (archive)

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director, Producer

Rush Hour 3

2007 · Det. Revi

Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'

2007 · Self

Polanski par Polanski

Polanski par Polanski

2006 · Self

The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography

The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography

2006

Twist by Polanski

Twist by Polanski

2006

Le court des grands

2005 · Director

Oliver Twist

2005 · Director, Producer

Hedda Gabler

2004 · Stage Director

Tess: From Novel to Screen

2004 · Self

Filming 'Tess'

2004 · Self

Tess: The Experience

2004 · Self

Leçon de Cinéma

2004 · Self

Two Gangsters and an Island

2003 · Self

Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West

Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West

2003 · Self

Un film et son époque

2003 · Self

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003 · Self, Self (archive footage)

A British Horror Film

2003 · Self

Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence

2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Revenge

2002 · Józef Papkin

The Pianist

2002 · Director, Producer

Polanski y los ojos del mal

Polanski y los ojos del mal

2002 · Himself

Heart of the Festival

2002 · Self (archive footage)

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

2001

Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective

Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective

2000 · Self

Light Keeps Me Company

2000 · Self

Tribute to Alfred Lepetit

Tribute to Alfred Lepetit

2000 · Self

The Ten Commandments of Creativity

2000 · Self

Last Pictures

2000 · Self

The Ninth Gate

1999 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Last Days of Sharon Tate

1999 · Self (archive footage)

Playboy: The Story of X

1998 · Self (archive footage)

Scene by Scene

1997 · Self

Dracula: The True Story

1997 · Himself

Elle s'appelait Françoise

1996 · Self

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Empire of the Censors

Empire of the Censors

1995 · Self

Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski

1995

Dead Tired

1994 · Roman Polanski

A Pure Formality

1994 · Inspector

Death and the Maiden

1994 · Director

Bitter Moon

1992 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Back in the USSR

1992 · Kurilov

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

1992 · Self (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies

1992 · (archive footage)

The King of Ads

1991 · Director

En attendant Godot

1989 · Lucky

Frantic

1988 · Taxi Driver (uncredited), Director, Writer

Na siehste!

1987 · Self

Pirates

1986 · Director, Screenplay

Wedden, dat..?

1986 · Self

Clive James Meets Roman Polanski

1984

Na sowas!

1982 · Self

Chassé-croisé

1982

Wortwechsel

1982 · Self

7 sur 7

1981 · Self

Wetten, dass..?

1981 · Self

Bavarian Film Awards

Bavarian Film Awards

1979 · Self

Tess

1979 · Director, Screenplay

Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski

1979 · Self

The Evolution of Snuff

1978

The Tenant

1976 · Trelkovsky, Director, Screenplay

Cérémonie des César

1976 · Self - Presenter

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

Apostrophes

1975 · Self

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

Blood for Dracula

1974 · Gambler

Chinatown

1974 · Man with Knife, Director, Additional Writing

What?

1972 · Mosquito, Director, Screenplay

Con bravura

1972 · Caroler

Weekend of a Champion

1972 · Self, Producer

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Polanski Meets Macbeth

1972 · Self

Macbeth

1971 · Director, Screenplay

The Boat on the Grass

1971 · Writer

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

1970 · Self (uncredited)

Ciao, Federico!

1970 · Self (uncredited)

A Day at the Beach

1970 · Writer, Producer

The Magic Christian

1969 · Solitary Drinker

Mia and Roman

1968 · Himself

Rosemary's Baby

1968 · Director, Screenplay

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Girl Across the Way

1968 · Writer

The New Cinema

1968 · Self

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

1967 · Himself

Apropos Film

1967 · Self

The Fearless Vampire Killers

1967 · Alfred, Director, Screenplay, Story

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

1967 · Self

The Nomad

1967 · Self

Lionpower from MGM

1967 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

G.G. Passion

1966 · Co-Producer

NET Playhouse

1966 · Director, Writer

Cul-de-sac

1966 · Director, Writer

Repulsion

1965 · Spoon Player, Director, Screenplay

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964 · Director, Writer

The River of Diamonds

1964 · Random Citizen, Director, Writer

A Taste for Women

1964 · Screenplay

Mammals

1962 · Director, Writer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

Knife in the Water

1962 · Young Man (voice), Screenplay, Director

The Fat and the Lean

1961 · the lean, Director, Writer, Producer

Samson

1961 · Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)

Ostrożnie yeti

1961 · Driver

Innocent Sorcerers

1960 · Dudzio

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow

1960 · Romek

Bad Luck

1960 · Tutor (uncredited), Assistant Director

When Angels Fall

1959 · Old Woman, Director, Screenplay

Lotna

1959 · Musician (uncredited)

The Lamp

1959 · A passer-by (uncredited), Director, Screenplay

What Will My Wife Say to This?

1958 · Dancer

Two Men and a Wardrobe

1958 · Bad Boy, Director, Writer

Koniec nocy

1957 · 'Mały', Assistant Director

Wraki

1957 · Romek

A Toothful Smile

1957 · Director, Screenplay

Kanal

1957 · Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)

Murder

1957 · Director, Writer

Break Up the Dance

1957 · Director, Writer

Nikodem Dyzma

1956 · Porter (uncredited)

Magical Bicycle

1955 · Adaś

Trzy starty

1955 · Basia's Brother

A Generation

1955 · Mundek

Godzina bez słońca

1955

Three Stories

1953 · Genek "Mały" (segment 2)

The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon

— · Fabrice Fournier

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