The Pianist is a 2002 epic biographical Holocaust war drama film directed by Roman Polanski and co-produced by France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. Starring Adrien Brody and written by Ronald Harwood, it is based on the 1946 autobiographical book of the same name, a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman.
The Pianist premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and received a wide release during September of the same year. The film was successful at the box office, earning over $120 million against its $35 million budget. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 189 reviews and judged 95% to be positive. The film has been nominated for 100 awards, winning 47; Polanski's direction, Harwood's screenplay, and Brody's performance have received the most attention from award groups.
The Pianist received seven nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and it won three: Best Director (Polanski), Best Actor (Brody), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood). Its other nominations were for Best Cinematography (Paweł Edelman), Best Costume Design (Anna B. Sheppard), and Best Film Editing (Hervé de Luze). At age 29, Brody became the youngest person to ever win Best Actor. The film also received seven nominations at the 56th British Academy Film Awards, where it won for Best Film and Best Direction.
The Pianist became the most awarded film at the 28th César Awards with seven wins out of 10 nominations, receiving Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Wojciech Kilar), Best Production Design (Allan Starski), and Best Sound (Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy, and Dean Humphreys). The Pianist was also recognized by several other major organizations around the world, including the Czech Lion Awards (Czech Republic), the David di Donatello Awards (Italy), the Golden Eagle Awards (Russia), the Goya Awards (Spain), the Japan Academy Film Prize (Japan), and the Polish Film Awards (Poland).
Accolades
+ Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards 23 March 2003 Best Picture , Roman Polanski and Alain Sarde Best Director Best Actor Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Editing 11 March 2003 Best Director Best Screenwriter American Screenwriters Association Awards 2003 Discover Screenwriting Award American Society of Cinematographers Awards 16 February 2003 Best Cinematography Argentine Film Critics Association Awards 5 May 2004 Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 15 December 2002 Best Film Best Director Best Actor British Academy Film Awards 23 February 2003 Best Film , Roman Polanski and Alain Sarde Best Direction Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Original Music Best Sound , Gerard Hardy and Dean Humphreys British Society of Cinematographers Awards 2002 Best Cinematography Cannes Film Festival Awards 26 May 2002 Palme d'Or César Awards 22 February 2003 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Editing Best Music Best Production Design Best Sound , Gerard Hardy and Dean Humphreys Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 8 January 2003 Best Film Best Director Best Actor 27 January 2003 Best Foreign Film Critics' Choice Movie Awards 17 January 2003 Best Picture Best Director Czech Lion Awards 8 March 2004 Best Foreign Film Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 6 January 2003 Best Film Best Director Best Actor David di Donatello Awards 9 April 2003 Best Foreign Film Directors Guild of America Awards 1 March 2003 Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film European Film Awards 7 December 2002 Best Film Best Director Best Cinematographer Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor Fotogramas de Plata Awards 3 March 2003 Best Foreign Film Fryderyk 1 April 2003 Album of the Year – Solo Music Golden Eagle Awards 31 January 2004 Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Awards 19 January 2003 Best Motion Picture – Drama Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Golden Reel Awards 22 March 2003 Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film – Musical Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features , Paul Conway and Gerard Hardy Golden Trailer Awards 13 March 2003 Best Drama Trailer Best Foreign Trailer Best of Show Goya Awards 1 February 2003 Best European Film Globo d'Oro Awards 2 July 2003 Best European Film Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 8 September 2004 Best Foreign Film Humanitas Prize 10 July 2003 Feature Film Japan Academy Film Prize 20 February 2004 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Kinema Junpo Awards 2004 Best Foreign Language Film Best Foreign Director – Readers' Choice Mainichi Film Awards 2004 Best Foreign Film Best Foreign Film – Readers' Choice Nastro d'Argento Awards 14 June 2003 Best Foreign Director National Board of Review Awards 4 December 2002 Top Ten Films National Society of Film Critics Awards 4 January 2003 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Nikkan Sports Film Awards 2003 Best Foreign Film Online Film Critics Society Awards 6 January 2003 Best Actor Polish Film Awards 15 March 2003 Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Editing Best Film Score Best Production Design Best Sound Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards 2003 Best Foreign Film Best Foreign Actor San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 17 December 2002 Best Film Sant Jordi Awards 22 April 2003 Audience Award for Best Foreign Film Satellite Awards 12 January 2003 Best Adapted Screenplay Screen Actors Guild Awards 9 March 2003 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role USC Scripter Awards 22 January 2003 Best Realization of a Book Adapted to Film Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 30 January 2003 Best Director Best Actor
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