Roman Polanski
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L.A. Times - World News | September 28, 2009
France, Poland want Polanski released on bail
France, Poland want Polanski released on bail ZURICH - The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated today as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail and pressed U.S. officials all the way up...
In this article: France, Bernard Kouchner, Zurich, United States, Yevgeny Adamov, Switzerland, and Hillary Clinton
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The Australian | October 23, 2009
US demands Polanski extradition
He fled the US on February 1, 1978, the day he was to be sentenced. The French-born Polanski, who moved to Poland as a child, has lived in France since fleeing the US. France does not extradite its citizens. Polanski has been fighting to...
In this article: US, Zurich, Washington, California, Switzerland, Champagne, and Tax
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CBS News | October 21, 2009
Polanski Lawyers Clash Over Legal Strategy
...the U.S. Hattie Kauffman reports. Roman Polanski has received backing from directors and film stars in Hollywood and Europe and from government officials in France and Poland, where he holds citizenship. (AP) Polish film director has a...
In this article: United States, All rights reserved, Hollywood, Zurich, Europe, and Los Angeles
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | October 30, 2009
Home Grown: Polanski Exhibit Draws Crowds in Lodz
...wedding in 1968. A great artist and a benefactor for his friends. A current exhibit demonstrates that for the Poles, film director Roman Polanski is living history. Hundreds of school pupils chattered away enthusiastically in the film...
In this article: Lodz, The Pianist, Wojciech Kilar, Oscar, Knife in the Water, Poland, and Sharon Tate
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New Kerala | October 07, 2009
Roman Polanski given Walk of Fame star in Poland
Roman Polanski given Walk of Fame star in Poland London, Oct 7 : Arrested Roman Polanski has been awarded a star on a Walk of Fame in Poland. The Rosemary s Baby director is currently under arrest in Zurich, Switzerland, on a US warrant for...
In this article: Poland, Marilyn Monroe, US, Hollywood, Zurich, Switzerland, and London
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Sydney Morning Herald - Top Headlines | October 23, 2009
US seeks Polanski extradition
...in the case were now elderly and had yet to testify under oath. A French native who moved to Poland as a child, Polanski has lived in France since fleeing the United States. France does not extradite its citizens. Polanski has been...
In this article: United States, California, Zurich, Switzerland, Champagne, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Oscar, and Los Angeles County
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USATODAY.com | October 22, 2009
Documents: U.S. discussed nabbing Polanski in Austria
...the country on Feb. 1, 1978, the day he was to be sentenced. Polanski, a French native who moved to Poland as a child, has lived in France since fleeing the United States. France does not extradite its citizens. On Wednesday, Polanski's...
In this article: United States, E mail, Switzerland, Los Angeles, Austria, Zurich, Washington, and All rights reserved
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Roman Raymond Polanski (Roman Rajmund Polański; born 18 August 1933) is a French-born and resident Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, and in 2002 received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist. He has also been the recipient of two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe and the Palme d'Or. He left the People's Republic of Poland in 1961 to live in France for several years, then moved to Britain, where he collaborated with Gérard Brach on three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965). In 1968 he moved to the United States, immediately cementing his burgeoning directing status with the 1968 groundbreaking Academy Award winning horror film Rosemary's Baby.
Despite his reputation as a major Polish filmmaker, Polanski left then-communist Poland and moved to France, where he had already made two notable short films in 1961: The Fat and the Lean and Mammals. While in France, Polanski contributed one segment ("La rivière de diamants") to the French-produced omnibus film, Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (English title: The Beautiful Swindlers) in 1964. However, Polanski found that in the early 1960s the French film industry was generally unwilling to support a rising filmmaker whom they viewed as a cultural Pole and not a Frenchman. So he soon left France to find new opportunities and financial backing in England.
- Name At Birth:
- Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
- Birth Date:
- August 18, 1933
- Birthplace:
- Paris, France
- Spouse:
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- Sharon Tate (1968–1969)
- Emmanuelle Seigner
- Barbara Lass(1959–1962)
- Occupation:
- Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
- Years Active:
- 1953–present
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