Roman Polanski filmography

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Roman Polanski (born 1933) is a Polish-French filmmaker.

Filmography

Feature 25 films

As director

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1962	Knife in the Water	Yes	Yes	No
1965	Repulsion	Yes	Yes	No
1966	Cul-de-sac	Yes	Yes	No
1967	The Fearless Vampire Killers	Yes	Yes	No	Original title: Dance of the Vampires
1968	Rosemary's Baby	Yes	Yes	No
1971	Macbeth	Yes	Yes	No
1972	What?	Yes	Yes	No	Original title: Diary of Forbidden Dreams
1972	Weekend of a Champion	Yes	Yes	No
1974	Chinatown	Yes	Yes	No
1976	The Tenant	Yes	Yes	No
1979	Tess	Yes	Yes	No
1986	Pirates	Yes	Yes	No
1988	Frantic	Yes	Yes	No
1992	Bitter Moon	Yes	Yes	Yes
1994	Death and the Maiden	Yes	No	No
1999	The Ninth Gate	Yes	Yes	Yes
2002	The Pianist	Yes	No	Yes
2005	Oliver Twist	Yes	No	Yes
2010	The Ghost Writer	Yes	Yes	Yes
2011	Carnage	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Venus in Fur	Yes	Yes	No
2017	Based on a True Story	Yes	Yes	No
2019	An Officer and a Spy	Yes	Yes	No
2023	The Palace	Yes	Yes	No
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As writer

Year	Original Title	English Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
1964	Aimez-vous les femmes?	A Taste for Women	Yes	No	^[1]
1969	Downhill Racer		Uncredited	No	Script revisions^[2]
1970	A Day at the Beach		Yes	Uncredited	Based on Een dagje naar het strand by Simon Heere Heeresma ^[3]
1971	Le Bateau sur l'herbe	The Boat on the Grass	Yes	No
1979	Hurricane		Uncredited	No	Co-written with Lorenzo Semple Jr. ^[4]

Short films

Student

Year	Original Polish Title	English Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1957	Morderstwo	A Murderer	Yes	Uncredited
	Usmiech zębiczny	A Toothy Smile	Yes	Uncredited
	Rozbijemy zabawę	Break Up the Dance	Yes	Yes
1958	Dwaj ludzie z szafą	Two Men and a Wardrobe	Yes	Yes
1959	Lampa	The Lamp	Yes	Yes
1959	Gdy spadają anioły	When Angels Fall	Yes	Yes	Diploma film^[5]

Professional

Year	Original Title	English Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1961	Le Gros et le Maigre	The Fat and the Lean	Yes	Yes	Yes
1962	Ssaki	Mammals	Yes	Yes	No
1964	"La rivière de diamants"	"The Diamond River"	Yes	Yes	No	segment from The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
2007	"Cinéma erotique"	"Erotic Cinema"	Yes	Yes	Yes	segment from To Each His Own Cinema

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Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2009	Greed	Yes	Yes	for Francesco Vezzoli ^[6]
2012	A Therapy	Yes	Yes	for Prada

Performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Trzy opowieści	Genek 'The Little'	aka Three Stories; segment "Jacek"
1955	Zaczarowany rower	Adas	aka Magical Bicycle
1955	Pokolenie	Mundek	aka A Generation
1956	Nikodem Dyzma	Boy at Hotel
1957	Wraki		aka The Wrecks
1957	Koniec nocy	Little One	aka End of the Night
1958	Dwaj ludzie z szafą	Bad boy	aka Two Men and a Wardrobe
1958	Zadzwońcie do mojej żony?	Dancer	aka Call My Wife
1959	Gdy spadają anioły	Old woman	aka When Angels Fall
1959	Lotna	Musician
1960	Zezowate szczęście	Jola's Tutor	aka Bad Luck
	Do widzenia, do jutra	Romek	aka Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
	Niewinni czarodzieje	Dudek "Polo"	aka Innocent Sorcerers
1961	Ostrożnie, Yeti!		aka Beware of Yeti!
	Le Gros et le maigre	The Lean	aka The Fat and the Lean
	Samson
1962	Nóż w wodzie	Young Boy	aka Knife in the Water
1965	Repulsion	Spoon Player
1967	The Fearless Vampire Killers	Alfred, Abronsius' Assistant
1969	The Magic Christian	Solitary drinker
1972	What?	Mosquito
1974	Chinatown	Man with Knife
1976	Blood for Dracula	Man in Tavern
1976	Locataire, Le	Trelkovsky	aka The Tenant
1982	Chassé-croisé
1989	En attendant Godot	Lucky	TV movie
1992	Back in the USSR	Kurilov
1994	Una pura formalità	Inspector	aka A Pure Formality
1994	Grosse fatigue	Himself	aka Dead Tired
2000	Hommage à Alfred		aka Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
2002	Zemsta	Papkin	aka The Revenge
2007	Rush Hour 3	Detective Revi
2008	Caos calmo	Steiner	aka Quiet Chaos
2019	An Officer and a Spy	A Listener at a Concert	Uncredited

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References

↑ "A Taste for Women (1964) : Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
↑ Perez, Rodrigo (October 31, 2012). "7 Things You Should Know About Roman Polanski's 'Rosemary's Baby'". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
↑ Cronin, Paul; Polanski, Roman (2005). Roman Polanski: interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-800-5. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
↑ "FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY BY ROMAN POLANSKI BEFORE FLEEING THE U.S. "THE HURRICANE"". WorthPoint. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
↑ Polanski, Roman (2005). Roman Polanski: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-800-5.
↑ Caputo, Davide (2012-07-24). Polanski and Perception: The Psychology of Seeing and the Cinema of Roman Polanski. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1-84150-696-8.

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[1] "A Taste for Women (1964) : Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[2] Perez, Rodrigo (October 31, 2012). "7 Things You Should Know About Roman Polanski's 'Rosemary's Baby'". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

[RPinterviewsxvi-3] Cronin, Paul; Polanski, Roman (2005). Roman Polanski: interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-800-5. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2009.

[4] "FIRST DRAFT SCREENPLAY BY ROMAN POLANSKI BEFORE FLEEING THE U.S. "THE HURRICANE"". WorthPoint. Retrieved August 21, 2023.

[5] Polanski, Roman (2005). Roman Polanski: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-800-5.

[6] Caputo, Davide (2012-07-24). Polanski and Perception: The Psychology of Seeing and the Cinema of Roman Polanski. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1-84150-696-8.

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Accolades Bibliography Filmography
Feature films	Knife in the Water (1962) Repulsion (1965) Cul-de-Sac (1966) The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) Rosemary's Baby (1968) Macbeth (1971) What? (1972) Chinatown (1974) The Tenant (1976) Tess (1979) Pirates (1986) Frantic (1988) Bitter Moon (1992) Death and the Maiden (1994) The Ninth Gate (1999) The Pianist (2002) Oliver Twist (2005) The Ghost Writer (2010) Carnage (2011) Venus in Fur (2013) Based on a True Story (2017) An Officer and a Spy (2019) The Palace (2023)
Short films	A Toothy Smile (1957) Rozbijemy zabawę (1957) Morderstwo (1957) Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958) Lampa (1959) When Angels Fall (1959) Le Gros et le maigre (1961) Ssaki (1962) "La rivière de diamants" in The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) "Cinema Erotique" in To Each His Own Cinema (2007) A Therapy (2012)
Family	Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (first wife) Sharon Tate (second wife) Emmanuelle Seigner (third wife) Morgane Polanski (daughter)
Related	Roman Polanski sexual abuse case Mia and Roman "Roman P" Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Polanski Unauthorized Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski Tate–LaBianca murders