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Jerzy Skolimowski

Directing Born May 5, 1938 Łódź, Poland 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Avengers

as Georgi Luchkov
Film

Mars Attacks!

as Dr. Zeigler
Film

Eastern Promises

as Stepan

Full filmography

  • The Avengers (2012) as Georgi Luchkov
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) as Dr. Zeigler
  • German Film Award (1951) as Self
  • Eastern Promises (2007) as Stepan
  • Altın Koza (1969) as Self - Winner
  • Le Cercle (2005) as Self
  • Still Here (2023) as Stanisław Czułkowski
  • Deep End (1971) as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)
  • White Nights (1985) as Colonel Chaiko
  • L.A. Without a Map (1999) as Minister
  • A Decent Man (2025) as Professor Jerzy
  • Big Shots (1987) as Doc
  • Before Night Falls (2000) as Professor
  • Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life (2010) as Self
  • Naznaczony (2009) as Wojciech Radler
  • The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012) as John III Sobieski
  • Circle of Deceit (1981) as Hoffmann
  • Moonlighting (1982) as Boss (uncredited)
  • Innocent Sorcerers (1960) as Boxer (uncredited)
  • Hands Up! (1985) as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)
  • King, Queen, Knave (1972)
  • Torrents of Spring (1989) as Wiktor Wiktorowicz
  • Parola (su una data) (2003)
  • The Stolen Caravaggio (2018) as Jerzy Kunze