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

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