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Jerzy Skolimowski Biography (1938-)

Full name, Jerzy Yurek Skolimowski; born May 5, 1938, in Lodz (some sources say Warsaw), Poland; emigrated from Poland, 1967; son of Stanislau (an architect) and Maria (maiden name, Postnikoff) Skolimowski; married Joanna Szczerbic; children: two sons. Addresses: Office: c/o Film Polski, ul. Mazowiecka 6/8, 00-048 Warsaw, Poland.; Agent: Leading Artists Inc., 445 North Bedford Dr., Penthouse, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, writer, actor

Birth Details

May 5, 1938

Lodz, Poland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Niewinni czarodzieji (also known as Innocent Sorcerers), 1960
• Boks (also known as Boxing), 1961
• Andrzej Leszczyc, Rysopis (also known as Identification Marks), Film Polski, 1964
• Andrzej Leszczyc, Walkower (also known as Walkover), Film Polski, 1965
• Leopold, Sposob bycia (also known as A Frame of Mind), 1966
• Andrzej Leszczyc, Rece do gory (also known as Hands Up), Film Polski, 1967
• Passenger, Deep End (also known as Na samym dnie), 1970
• Rece do gory (also known as Hands Up!), 1981
• Boss, Moonlighting, Universal, 1982
• Hoffmann, Circle of Deceit (also known as False Witness), UA Classics, 1982
• Colonel Chaiko, White Nights, Columbia, 1985
• Doc, Big Shots, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
• Victor Victorovich, Torrents of Spring, Millimeter, 1990
• Dr. Zeigler, Mars Attacks!, Warner Bros., 1996
• Minister, L.A. without a Map (also known as I Love L.A. andLos Angeles without a Map), United Media, 1998
• Professor, Before Night Falls, Fine Line, 2000
• Film Director
• Menacing Eye, 1960
• Oko wykol, Hamles, 1960
• Erotyk, 1960
• Boks (also known as Boxing), 1961
• Piednadze albo zycie, 1961
• Akt, 1961
• (And producer, art director, and editor) Rysopis (also known as Identification Marks and Identification Marks: None), Film Polski, 1964
• (And co-editor) Walkower, Film Polski, 1965
• Bariera, Film Polski, 1966
• Le depart (also known as The Start), Elisabeth Films, 1967
• (And co-art director) Rece do gory (also known as Hands Up), Film Polski, 1967
• (And art director) Dialog 20-40-60, Filmstudio Barrandov, 1968
• The Adventures of Gerard, United Artists, 1970
• Deep End, Paramount, 1970
• King, Queen, Knave, Avco Embassy, 1972
• Lady Frankenstein, 1976
• Wrzask (also known as The Scream), 1978
• The Shout, Films, Inc., 1978
• Rece do gory (also known as Hands Up!), 1981
• (And producer, with Mark Shivas) Moonlighting, Universal, 1982
• Fucha, 1982
• (And producer) Success Is the Best Revenge, Gaumont, 1984
• The Lightship, Warner Brothers, 1985
• Torrents of Spring, Millimeter, 1990
• (And coproducer and associate producer) Ferdydurke, 1991
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Jerzy Andrzejewski) Niewinni czarodzieji (also known as Innocent Sorcerers), 1960
• (With others) Przy Hacuek (also known as A Friend), 1960
• Oko wykol, Hamles, 1960
• Erotyk, 1960
• Boks (also known as Boxing), 1961
• Piednadze albo zycie, 1961
• Akt, 1961
• (With Roman Polanski and Jakub Goldberg) Noz w wodzie (also knownas Knife in the Water), Film Polski, 1962
• Rysopis (also known as Identification Marks: None), Film Polski, 1964
• Walkower (also known as Walkover), Film Polski, 1965
• Bariera (also known as Barrier), Film Polski, 1966
• Rece do gory (also known as Hands Up), Film Polski, 1967
• (With Andrzej Kostenko) Le depart (also known as The Startand Der Start), Elisabeth Films, 1967
• Dialog 20-40-60, Filmstudio Barrandov, 1968
• (With H. A. L. Craig, Henry Lester, and Gene Gutowski) The Adventuresof Gerard, United Artists, 1970
• (With Jerzy Gruza and Boleslaw Sulik) Deep End, Paramount, 1970
• Poslizg (also known as Slip-Up), 1972
• (With Michael Austin) The Shout, Films, Inc., 1978
• Wrzask (also known as The Scream), 1978
• Rece do gory (also known as Hands Up!), 1981
• Fucha, 1982
• (With Boleslaw Sulik, Barry Vince, and Danuta Witold Stok) Moonlighting, Universal, 1982
• (With Michael Lyndon) Success Is the Best Revenge, Gaumont, 1984
• (With Arcangelo Bonaccorso) Torrents of Spring, Millimeter, 1990
• Ferdydurke, 1991
• Television Plays
• Author of the television play Przy jaciel (also known as A Friend).
• Other Writings
• Moje rundy (poem; title means My Rounds), published in journal Nowa kultura, 1957
• Gdzies blisko siebie (poems; also known as Somewhere Close to Oneself), Slask, 1958
• Siekiera i niebo (poems; also known as Hatchet and the Sky), Czytelnik, 1959
• Ktos sie utopil (one-act play; title means Somebody Got Drowned), 1961

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Borin, Fabrizio, Jerzy Skolimowski, Florence, 1987

Periodicals

• American Film, December, 1986
• Film Comment, fall, 1968 November/December, 1982
• Films and Filming, December, 1968
• People, November 18, 1985
• Sight and Sound, summer, 1968