Jerzy Skolimowski

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

Into the Movie Arena

Skolimowsi then team up with Polanski, writing the dialogue for the script of Knife in the Water (1962) and Barrier (1966), Le Départ (1967), Hands Up! (completed 1967, released 1981) followed.

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Autobiographical Movies

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

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International Scene

While living and working in as many countries, however, 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 the movies distinctly bore Skolimowski?s signature.

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