Jerzy Skolimowski
Acteur, Schrijver, Regisseur, Producer, Redacteur
5 mei 1938 (87 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | A Decent Man · as Professor Jerzy |
| 2023 | Warszawianka · as Stanisław Czułkowski |
| 2018 | The Stolen Caravaggio · as Jerzy Kunze |
| 2018 | Juliusz · as Olgierd 'chorwat' Szybenik |
| 2012 | The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 · as John Iii Sobieski |
| 2012 | The Avengers · as Georgi Luchkov |
| 2009 | Marked (PO) · as Wojciech Radler |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises · as Stepan |
| 2000 | Before Night Falls · as Professor |
| 1999 | Operation Simoon · as Hayes |
| 1998 | L.A. Without a Map · as Minister |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! · as Dr. ZeiglerOp Plex |
| 1991 | 30 Door Key · as Dyrektor Szkoły |
| 1989 | Torrents of Spring · as Wiktor Wiktorowicz |
| 1987 | Big Shots · as Doc |
| 1985 | White Nights · as Colonel Chaiko |
| 1982 | Moonlighting · as Boss (uncredited)Op Plex |
| 1981 | Circle of Deceit · as Hoffmann |
| 1981 | Hands Up! · as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 Footage) / Self (1981 Footage) |
| 1972 | |
| 1970 | Deep End · as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)Op Plex |
| 1966 | Barrier · as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Identification Marks: None · as Andrzej Leszczyc |
| 1965 | Walkover · as Andrzej Leszczyc |
| 1960 | Innocent Sorcerers · as Boxer (uncredited) |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | EO · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | 11 Minutes · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 2010 | Essential Killing · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 2008 | Four Nights with Anna · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | 30 Door Key · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Torrents of Spring · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | MesmerizedOp Plex |
| 1984 | Success Is the Best Revenge · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | Moonlighting · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1981 | Hands Up! · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | The Shout · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1970 | Deep End · as ScreenplayOp Plex |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Gerard · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | Dialogue 20-40-60 · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | The Departure · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | Barrier · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | Identification Marks: None · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | Walkover · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Knife in the Water · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Innocent Sorcerers · as Screenplay |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2015 | 11 MinutesOp Plex |
| 2010 | Essential KillingOp Plex |
| 2008 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | MoonlightingOp Plex |
| 1981 | |
| 1978 | The ShoutOp Plex |
| 1972 | |
| 1970 | Deep EndOp Plex |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 |
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | The Palace · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2015 | 11 MinutesOp Plex |
| 2012 | Ixjana · as Co-Producer |
| 2010 | Essential KillingOp Plex |
| 2008 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | MoonlightingOp Plex |
| 2024 | Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud · as Self |
| 2012 | 28 minutes · as Self |
| 2010 | Sodankylä Forever · as Self |
| 2010 | Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life · as Self |
| 2002 | Kuba Wojewódzki · as Self |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K. (1993) · as Self - Contributor |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Self |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 1981 | Hands Up! · as Art Director |
| 1965 | Identification Marks: None · as Art Direction |