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Aliases: Γιέρζι Σκολιμόφσκι , J. Skolimowski , Ежи Сколимовский , 예지 스콜리모프스키 , Єжи Сколімовський

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Łódź, Poland

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Movie Involvements: 91

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

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 Famous Work

The Palace
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5

The Palace

(2023) Writer
EO
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7

EO

(2022) Writer
Deep End
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7

Deep End

(1970) Screenplay
Ida
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7

Ida

(2013) Thanks
Knife in the Water
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7

Knife in the Water

(1962) Screenplay
The Shout
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6

The Shout

(1978) Screenplay
At Home - Poland
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0

At Home - Poland

(2020) Director
Essential Killing
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6

Essential Killing

(2010) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Ojciec Czułego
2018 Jerzy Kunze
Olgierd Szybenik "Chorwat"
2012 Giovanni III di Polonia
Georgi Luchkov
2011 Self
Self
Himself
2009 Profesor Wojciech Radler
2007 Stepan
2000 professor
1999 Hayes
Minister
1996 Dr. Zeigler
1991 dyrektor szkoły
1990 N/A
1989 Wiktor Wiktorowicz
1987 Doc
1985 Colonel Chaiko
Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
1982 Boss (uncredited)
1981 Hoffmann
1972 [obsada aktorska]
N/A
1970 Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
1966 Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Leopold
N/A
1965 Andrzej Leszczyc
Andrzej Leszczyc
1960 Boxer (uncredited)
1951 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Directing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Editorial Staff
2013 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1965 Art Direction
Year Role Movie/Tv

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