Jerzy Skolimowski
Directing
- Born
- May 5, 1938 (age 88) · Łódź, Poland
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).
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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.
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Known for
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- 2026Good Boy Producer
- 2023The Palace Writer, Executive Producer
- 2022EO Producer, Director, Screenplay
- 2020It's Not Us Director
- 2019A Man in Love Editorial Staff
- 201511 Minutes Producer, Director, Screenplay
- 2012Ixjana Co-Producer
- 2010Essential Killing Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2008Four Nights with Anna Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 1993The Hollow Men
