Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski Polish ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi born 5 May 1938 is a Polish film director screenwriter dramatist actor and painter Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajdas Innocent Sorcerers 1960 Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye 1960 In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure 1967 Among his other notable films is Deep End 1970 starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown as well as The Shout starring Alan Bates Susannah York and John Hurt Moonlighting 1982 starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing starring Vincent Gallo He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films He returned to Poland and to filmmaking as a writer and director after a 17year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna 2008 He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival His film EO 2022 was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerzy Skolimowski licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia