Andrzej Żuławski
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Andrzej Żuławski (born November 22, 1940) is a film director. He was born in Lwow, Poland (now L'viv, Ukraine), noted for such films as Possession.
Biography
Zulawski was an assistant of Andrzej Wajda, the famous Polish film director. When his second film Diabel was banned in Poland he went to France, where he made L'Important c'est d'aimer (1975) with Romy Schneider.
He then returned to Poland and for two years he worked on a film which the authorities did not allow him to finish (The Silver Globe), based on a book written by his great-uncle Jerzy Żuławski. Since then he has lived and worked mostly in France, making successful art films. He found his muse in Sophie Marceau.
Filmography (selected)
- The Third Part Of The Night (1971)
- The Devil (1972)
- The Important Thing Is To Love (1975)
- Possession (1981)
- The Public Woman (1984)
- Mad Love (1985)
- The Silver Globe (1987)
- My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (1989)
- Boris Godunov (1989)
- The Blue Note (1991)
- Shaman (1996)
- Fidelity (2000)
