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ROMAN POLAŃSKI
Roman Polański (born 1935) - actor, director, script writer; he has made films
in England, the USA, andFrance. His career began at the £ód¼ Film Sschool, he was already winning international awards when he was a student there, for 'Two Men and a Wardrobe' (1957, awarded at the EXPO-58 International Film Festival in Brussels, the Grand Prix in experimental film in San Francisco, and an award at Oberhausen), 'The Fat and the Lean' (1961, an award at Oberhausen) and 'Mammals' (1961, Grand Prix in Tours and Oberhausen). He has also made 'Knife in Water' (1962, Oscar nomination,
FIPRESCI at Venice, Grand Prix at Prades), 'Repulsion' (1965, Silver Bear at Berlin),
'Cul-de-Sac' (1966, winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin), 'Rosemary's Baby'
(1968, Oscar nomination), 'Chinatown' (1974, Golden Globe in Hollywood), 'The
Tenant' (1976), 'Tess' (1980, Caesar Award for film and director), 'Pirates'
(1986), 'Frantic' (1988), and 'The Pianist' (2001, Golden Palm at Cannes). He
has been a member of the French Academie des Beaux Arts since 1999.
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