Jerzy Skolimowski
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.
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Movies (43)
Good Boy
Producer (Production)
2026
The Palace
Writer (Writing)
2023
EO
Producer (Production)
2022
The Silent Twins
Thanks (Crew)
2022
It's Not Us
Director (Directing)
2020
A Man in Love
Editorial Staff (Crew)
2019
The Stolen Caravaggio
as Jerzy Kunze
2018
Julius
as Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
2018
11 Minutes
Producer (Production)
2015
Ida
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Ixjana
Co-Producer (Production)
2012
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
as John III Sobieski
2012
The Avengers
as Georgi Luchkov
2012
'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
as Self
2011
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
as Self
2011
Essential Killing
Director (Directing)
2010
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
as Self
2010
Four Nights with Anna
Director (Directing)
2008
Eastern Promises
as Stepan
2007
Before Night Falls
as Professor
2000
Operacja Samum
as Hayes
1999
L.A. Without a Map
as Minister
1999
Mars Attacks!
as Dr. Zeigler
1996
The Hollow Men
Producer (Production)
1993
30 Door Key
as dyrektor szkoły
1991
Skolimowski à la table
1990
Torrents of Spring
as Wiktor Wiktorowicz
1989
Big Shots
as Doc
1987
The Lightship
Director (Directing)
1985
White Nights
as Colonel Chaiko
1985
Mesmerized
Writer (Writing)
1985
Hands Up!
as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
1985
Success Is the Best Revenge
Producer (Production)
1984
Moonlighting
as Boss (uncredited)
1982
Circle of Deceit
as Hoffmann
1981
The Shout
Director (Directing)
1978
A Slip-Up
as Auto Shop Owner
1972
King, Queen, Knave
1972
Deep End
as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
1971
The Adventures of Gerard
Screenplay (Writing)
1970
Dialogue 20-40-60
Screenplay (Writing)
1968
The Departure
Director (Directing)
1967
Barrier
as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1966
