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]



The very best of German cinema
sb-img-25
German cinema was at its most inspired in the 1920s, strongly influenced by the expressionist movement, but it enjoyed a renaissance in the 1970s.
The very best of French film comedy
sb-img-7
Thanks to comedy giants such as Louis de Funès, Fernandel, Bourvil and Pierre Richard, French cinema abounds with comedy classics of the first rank.
The very best French thrillers
sb-img-12
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
The best French films of 2018
sb-img-27
Our round-up of the best French films released in 2018.
The best of American film noir
sb-img-9
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.

Other things to look at


Copyright © frenchfilms.org 1998-2024
All rights reserved



All content on this page is protected by copyright