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Raymond Polański (born 1933) is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor known for such films as Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and Bitter Moon (1992).

In 1969, Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, was murdered with four friends by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. Polanski was arrested and charged in 1977 with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, Polanski fled to Paris and has since been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Pianist.

His Polish Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three English-language feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).

In 1969, Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, was murdered with four friends by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. Polanski was arrested and charged in 1977 with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, Polanski fled to Paris and has since been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Pianist (2002) which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).


Filmography

Directed features
Year Title Distribution
1962 Knife in the Water Zespół Filmowy
1965 Repulsion Compton Films
1966 Cul-de-sac Compton-Cameo Films
1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1968 Rosemary's Baby Paramount Pictures
1971 Macbeth Columbia Pictures
1972 What?
1974 Chinatown Paramount Pictures
1976 The Tenant
1979 Tess Columbia Pictures
1986 Pirates The Cannon Group, Inc.
1988 Frantic Warner Bros.
1992 Bitter Moon Fine Line Features
1994 Death and the Maiden
1999 The Ninth Gate BAC Films / Araba Films
2002 The Pianist Focus Features
2005 Oliver Twist Pathé
2010 The Ghost Writer StudioCanal UK
2011 Carnage Sony Pictures Classics
2013 Venus in Fur BAC Films
2017 Based on a True Story
2019 An Officer and a Spy Gaumont / 01 Distribution
2023 The Palace 01 Distribution




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