[56], It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including those for actors Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. I judge him on his talent and not on his private life! [87] After that film fell apart, they moved on to Harris's novel, The Ghost, and adapted it for the screen together. [7] He has since received five more Oscar nominations, along with two BAFTAs, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival in France. In addition, the richly textured color schemes of the settings evoke the paintings of the Belarusian-Jewish artist Marc Chagall, who provides the namesake for the innkeeper in the film. [124] The actor Lambert Wilson called the protest campaign against Polanski "abominable public lynching". Robert Towne won for Best Original Screenplay. [186] In November 2018, it was published that Polanski decided to drop the lawsuit, and was ordered by the court to pay Uziel ₪30,000 (US$8,000) for court costs. [68], In 1981, Polanski directed and co-starred (as Mozart) in a stage production of Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus, first in Warsaw, then in Paris. [36], Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water, was also one of the first significant Polish films after the Second World War that did not have a war theme. Polanski's screenplay adaptation earned him a second Academy Award nomination.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years before World War II began. He was shocked by the lack of sympathy expressed in various news stories: I had long known that it was impossible for a journalist to convey 100 percent of the truth, but I didn't realize to what extent the truth is distorted, both by the intentions of the journalist and by neglect. In 1991, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and it is frequently listed as among the best in world cinema.

Roman Polanski, French Polish director, screenwriter, and actor who, through a variety of film genres, explored themes of isolation, desire, and absurdity. [83] When it premiered at the 60th Berlinale in February 2010, Polanski won a Silver Bear for Best Director,[84] and in February 2011, it won four César Awards, France's version of the Academy Awards.[85]. Roman Polanski, Director: Chinatown. [16][17][18] His mother had a daughter, Annette, by her previous husband. One older woman at the rear of the column couldn't keep up. Polanski tried getting closer to his father to ask him what was happening, and managed to get within a few yards. In this short silent film, a thin slave does a variety of work for his master – from feeding and entertaining him to washing his feet – as the latter lazily passes his entire day sitting on his rocking chair. The question I ask in turn is this: How could I?. In May 2002, the film won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) award at the Cannes Film Festival,[80] as well as Césars for Best Film and Best Director, and later the 2002 Academy Award for Best Director. Scripted by Jerzy Skolimowski, Jakub Goldberg, and Polanski,[38] Knife in the Water is about a wealthy, unhappily married couple who decide to take a mysterious hitchhiker with them on a weekend boating excursion. [149] Polanski decided not to appear at his sentencing. I always dreamt of doing things of this sort or that style. Oliver Twist is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, written by The Pianist's Ronald Harwood and shot in Prague. "[120] This is Polanski's fifth Best Director Cesar win, the record for a single director; he previously won for Tess, The Pianist, The Ghost Writer, and Venus in Fur. "[192], In October 2017, a woman named Renate Langer interviewed by Swiss police said Polanski raped her in Gstaad when she was 15, in 1972. [12] He remains the subject of an Interpol red notice issued for his arrest, and therefore rarely leaves France.