Jerzy Skolimowski Biography
With over twenty films to his name, Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski’s work includes the Berlin Golden Bear winner THE DEPARTURE, Cannes Grand Prix winner The Shout , the political drama Moonlighting , and The Lightship , for which he won Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. Skolimowski also collaborated with Roman Polanski on the screenplay for Knife in the Water . As an actor, he has appeared in Eastern Promises and Before Night Falls. Skolimowski returned to Cannes as director in 2008 with the critically lauded thriller Four Nights With Anna , which opened the Director’s Fortnight and also won the Grand Prix de Jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Skolimowski is an accomplished painter who has taken part in the Venice Biennale and exhibited across Europe and the US.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
- 2010 ESSENTIAL KILLING
- 2008 FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA
- 1991 30 DOOR KEY (aka FERDYDURKE)
- 1989 TORRENTS OF SPRING
- 1985 THE LIGHTSHIP
- 1984 SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE
- 1982 MOONLIGHTING
- 1978 THE SHOUT
- 1971 KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
- 1970 THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD
- 1970 DEEP END
- 1967 THE DEPARTURE (LE DÉPART)
- 1968 DIALOGUE (segment “The 20-Year-Olds”)
- 1967 HANDS UP! (RECE DO GÓRY)
- 1966 BARRIER
- 1965 WALKOVER
- 1964 RYSOPIS (IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE)