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Jerzy Skolimowski (b. May 5, 1938 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish film director, scriptwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious Polish Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films in and outside of Poland since his 1960 début Oko wykol (The Menacing Eye). He now lives in Los Angeles where he paints in a figurative, expressionist mode and acts occasionally in films.

Contents 1 Into the movie arena 2 Filmography 2.1 Director 2.2 Actor

Into the movie arena

Skolimowsi then teamed up with Polański, writing the dialogue for the script of Knife in the Water (1962).

Between 1964 and 1984 he completed six semi-autobiographical features: Rysopis, Walkover, Barrier (1966), Hands Up! (completed 1967, released 1981), Moonlighting and Success is the Best Revenge, a segment in Dialóg and two other features Le Départ (1967) and Deep End based on his original screenplays.

While living and working in many countries, he also completed another six relatively big budget productions, including four international co-productions, between 1970 and 1992 (The Adventures of Gerard, King, Queen, Knave, The Shout, The Lightship, Torrents of Spring and Ferdydurke), all distinctly bearing Skolimowski’s signature.

Filmography

Director

• America (2008)
• Ferdydurke (1991)
• Torrents of Spring (1989)
• The Lightship (1985)
• Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
• Moonlighting (1982)
• Hands Up! (1981)
• The Shout (1978)
• King, Queen, Knave (1972)
• Deep End (1970)
• The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
• Dialogue (1968) (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
• Le Départ (1967)
• Barrier (1966)
• Walkover (1965)
• Identification Marks: None (1964)
• The Nude (1962)
• Boxing (1961)
• Your Money Or Your Life (1961)
• Erotique (1960)
• Little Hamlet (1960)
• The Menacing Eye (1960)

Actor

• Before Night Falls (2000)
• L.A. Without a Map (1998)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Torrents of Spring (1989) as Victor Victorovich
• Big Shots (1987) as Doc
• White Nights (1985) as KGB Colonel Chaiko
• Die Fälschung (1981) as Hoffmann.
• Rece do góry (1981) as Andrzej Leszczyc
• Deep End (1970) as a man with newspaper
• Sposob bycia (1966) as Leopold
• Walkower (1965) as Andrzej Leszczyc.
• Rysopis (1964) as Andrzej Leszczyc
• Boks (1961)
• Niewinni czarodzieje (1960)