Roman Polanski is a Polish and French film director, producer, writer, and actor.
He has received five Academy Award nominations winning for Best Director for The Pianist (2002). He was previously nominated for Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974), and Tess (1979). He received two British Academy Film Awards for Best Direction for Chinatown and The Pianist. He also earned four Golden Globe Award nominations winning twice for Chinatown and Tess. He earned the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for The Pianist.
Industry awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1969 Best Adapted Screenplay Rosemary's Baby 1975 Best Director Chinatown 1981 Tess 2003 The PianistBest Picture
British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1975Best Direction Chinatown 2003 The Pianist Best Film
César Awards Year Category Work Result 1979 Best Film Tess Best Director 2002 Best Film The Pianist Best Director 2010The Ghost Writer Best Adaptation 2011Carnage 2013 Best Film Venus in Fur Best Director Best Adaptation 2019 Best FilmAn Officer and a Spy Best Director Best Adaptation
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1975 Best Director Chinatown 1981Tess Best Foreign Film 2003 Best Motion Picture - Drama The Pianist
Festival awards Cannes Film Festival Year Category Work Result 1976 Palme d'Or The Tenant 2002 The Pianist 2013 Venus in Fur
Berlin International Film Festival Year Category Work Result 1965 Silver Berlin Bear-Extraordinary Jury Prize Repulsion FIPRESCI Prize 1966 Golden Bear Cul-de-sac 2010 Silver Bear for Best Director The Ghost Writer
New York Film Critics Circle Year Category Work Result 1965 Best Director Repulsion Best Screenplay 1971 Best Film Macbeth Best Director 1980 Tess Best Foreign Film
Venice Film Festival Year Category Work Result 1962 FIPRESCI Prize Knife in the Water 1966 National Syndication of Italian Film Journalists Cul De Sac 1993 Career Golden Lion Himself 2019 Grand Jury Prize An Officer and a Spy FIPRESCI Prize
Other awards Year Award Category Work Result 1975 Bodil Awards Best American Film Chinatown 2021Best Non-American FilmAn Officer and a Spy 2004 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Crystal Globe The Pianist 2004 Argentine Film Critics Association Best Foreign Film 2006 Warsaw Jewish Film Festival David's Camera Award Honorowa Kamera Dawida 2006, 2006 Warsaw Jewish Film Festival European Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Himself 2009 Zürich Film Festival Golden Icon Award Lifetime achievement 2010European Film Awards Best FilmThe Ghost Writer "European Film Awards gives Roman Polanski's 'Ghost Writer' prize for best director and best movie" New York Daily News, 5 December 2010 2010 Best Director 2010 Best Screenwriter 2010Lumière Awards Best Director 2010 Best Screenwriter 2010 San Sebastián Film Festival FIPRESCI Grand Prix The Ghost Writer 2003 David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign film The Pianist 2020 An Officer and a Spy 1969 Best Foreign Director Rosemary's Baby 1999 Stockholm Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Himself 2017 FIPRESCI Prize Based on a True Story
References "'Pianist,' Kidman win BAFTAs" CNN, 24 February 2003
"Roman Polanski Wins Best Director, Best Screenplay at France's Lumiere Awards" Hollywood Reporter, 14 January 2010
External links
website dedicated to Polanski's victims (7 November 2017) Image of Roman Polanski leaving the courtroom in Santa Monica, California, 1977. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.