Roman Polanski

1933-

Biography: life and films

Roman Polanski is a Polish-French film director, screenwriter, actor and producer whose birth name is Rajmund Roman Thierry Polanski. He was born in Paris, France on 18th August 1933.

His best films as a screenwriter include Knife in the Water (1962), Dance of the Vampires (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and Carnage (2011), and whose best work as a film director include Knife in the Water (1962), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and The Pianist (2002).

Roman Polanski has so far scripted 23 films, appeared in 22 films and directed 22 films (including 1 short).

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Paul Morrissey (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (18 films), Thriller (13), comedy (11), Horror (7), crime-thriller (5), Documentary (5), romance (3), comedy-thriller (3), comedy-drama (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Roman Polanski over all films is: 3.5

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Co rekne zena? (1958) [a]

Knife in the Water (1962) [a,d,w]

Aimez-vous les femmes? (1964) [w]

Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964) [d,w]

Repulsion (1965) [a,d,w]

Cul-de-sac (1966) [d,w]

Dance of the Vampires (1967) [a,d,w]

La Fille d'en face (1968) [w]

Rosemary's Baby (1968) [d,w]

The Magic Christian (1969) [a]

A Day at the Beach (1970) [w]

Ciao, Federico! (1970) [a]

Le Bateau sur l'herbe (1971) [w]

The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) [d,w]

Afternoon of a Champion (1972) [a]

What? (1972) [a,d,w]

Blood for Dracula (1974) [a]

Chinatown (1974) [a,d,w]

Le Locataire (1976) [a,d,w]

Tess (1979) [d,w]

Chassé-croisé (1982) [a]

Pirates (1986) [d,w]

Frantic (1988) [d,w]

Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992) [a]

Bitter Moon (1992) [d]

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992) [a]

L'Envers du décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy (1992) [a]

Death and the Maiden (1994) [d]

Grosse fatigue (1994) [a]

Una pura formalità (1994) [a]

The Ninth Gate (1999) [d]

The Pianist (2002) [d]

Oliver Twist (2005) [d]

Caos calmo (2008) [a]

The Ghost Writer (2010) [d,w]

Carnage (2011) [d,w]

La Vénus à la fourrure (2013) [d,w]



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