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 fro…

Directed

1. EO (2022) — Director
2. Deep End (1971) — Director
3. Essential Killing (2010) — Director
4. The Shout (1978) — Director
5. Moonlighting (1982) — Director
6. 11 Minutes (2015) — Director
7. The Departure (1967) — Director
8. Identification Marks: None (1965) — Director
9. Four Nights with Anna (2008) — Director
10. The Lightship (1985) — Director
11. Barrier (1966) — Director
12. Walkover (1965) — Director
13. Erotique (1961) — Director
14. The Menacing Eye (1960) — Director
15. Hands Up! (1985) — Director
16. King, Queen, Knave (1972) — Director
17. The Adventures of Gerard (1970) — Director
18. Little Hamlet (1960) — Director
19. 30 Door Key (1991) — Director
20. Torrents of Spring (1989) — Director
21. Your Money or Your Life (1961) — Director
22. Success Is the Best Revenge (1984) — Director
23. Dialogue 20-40-60 (1968) — Director
24. Boxing (1961) — Director
25. It's Not Us (2020) — Director
26. The Nude (1962) — Director
27. Beautiful (1962) — Director
28. Angel of Death — Director
29. The Twenty-Year-Olds (1968) — Director
30. At Home - Poland (2020) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Avengers (2012) — Georgi Luchkov
2. Mars Attacks! (1996) — Dr. Zeigler
3. Eastern Promises (2007) — Stepan
4. Before Night Falls (2000) — Professor
5. Deep End (1971) — Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
6. White Nights (1985) — Colonel Chaiko
7. The Stolen Caravaggio (2018) — Jerzy Kunze
8. Moonlighting (1982) — Boss (uncredited)
9. L.A. Without a Map (1999) — Minister
10. The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012) — John III Sobieski
11. Innocent Sorcerers (1960) — Boxer (uncredited)
12. Identification Marks: None (1965) — Andrzej Leszczyc
13. Julius (2018) — Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
14. Circle of Deceit (1981) — Hoffmann
15. Operacja Samum (1999) — Hayes
16. Barrier (1966) — Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
17. Walkover (1965) — Andrzej Leszczyc
18. Big Shots (1987) — Doc
19. A Decent Man (2025) — Professor Jerzy
20. Hands Up! (1985) — Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
21. King, Queen, Knave (1972)
22. Still Here (2023) — Stanisław Czułkowski
23. 30 Door Key (1991) — dyrektor szkoły
24. Torrents of Spring (1989) — Wiktor Wiktorowicz
25. Film '72 (1971) — Self
26. Naznaczony (2009) — Wojciech Radler
27. Sposób bycia (1966) — Leopold
28. Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life (2010) — Self
29. A Slip-Up (1972) — Auto Shop Owner
30. Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End (2011) — Self
31. German Film Award (1951) — Self
32. Skolimowski à la table (1990)
33. 'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes (2011) — Self
34. Le Cercle (2005) — Self
35. Altın Koza (1969) — Self - Winner
36. Parola (su una data) (2003)
37. Ciné regards (1978) — Self