Jerzy Skolimowski

ProducerWriterDirectorCrewActor May 5 (age 87) Łódź, Poland 1951–2026 (75 year career)

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Biography

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 Wajda's 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 a…

Known For

Film

The Avengers

Georgi Luchkov

Film

Eastern Promises

Stepan

Film

Mars Attacks!

Dr. Zeigler

Film

Ida

Thanks

Film

Knife in the Water

Dialogue

Film

EO

Director

Film

Deep End

Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)

Film

Before Night Falls

Professor

Filmography

Acting (35)

Movies (28)

Julius

2018

as Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik

5.5

The Stolen Caravaggio

as Jerzy Kunze

The Avengers

as Georgi Luchkov

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

2012

as John III Sobieski

4.3

'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes

2011

as Self

Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End

2011

as Self

9.0

Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life

as Self

Eastern Promises

as Stepan

Before Night Falls

as Professor

Operacja Samum

as Hayes

L.A. Without a Map

as Minister

Mars Attacks!

as Dr. Zeigler

30 Door Key

as dyrektor szkoły

Skolimowski à la table

1990

Torrents of Spring

1989

as Wiktor Wiktorowicz

Big Shots

as Doc

Hands Up!

as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)

White Nights

as Colonel Chaiko

Moonlighting

as Boss (uncredited)

Circle of Deceit

as Hoffmann

A Slip-Up

as Auto Shop Owner

King, Queen, Knave

Deep End

as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)

Sposób bycia

as Leopold

Barrier

as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Identification Marks: None

as Andrzej Leszczyc

Walkover

as Andrzej Leszczyc

Innocent Sorcerers

as Boxer (uncredited)

7.0

Television (7)

A Decent Man

2025

as Professor Jerzy

6.5

Still Here

2023

as Stanisław Czułkowski

Naznaczony

as Wojciech Radler

Le Cercle

as Self

Parola (su una data)

2003

Altın Koza

1969

as Self - Winner

German Film Award

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (77)

Movies (76)

Good Boy

Producer

The Palace

Executive Producer

The Palace

Writer

Director

Producer

Screenplay

The Silent Twins

Thanks

It's Not Us

Director

A Man in Love

Editorial Staff

11 Minutes

Director

11 Minutes

Producer

11 Minutes

Screenplay

Ida

Thanks

Ixjana

Co-Producer

Essential Killing

Director

Essential Killing

Producer

Essential Killing

Screenplay

Four Nights with Anna

2008

Director

6.2

Four Nights with Anna

2008

Producer

6.2

Four Nights with Anna

Screenplay

The Hollow Men

Producer

30 Door Key

Director

30 Door Key

Producer

30 Door Key

Screenplay

Torrents of Spring

Director

Torrents of Spring

Screenplay

Hands Up!

Director

Hands Up!

Screenplay

The Lightship

Director

Mesmerized

Writer

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984

Director

6.0

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984

Producer

6.0

Success Is the Best Revenge

Screenplay

Moonlighting

Director

Moonlighting

Producer

Moonlighting

Screenplay

The Shout

Director

The Shout

Screenplay

A Slip-Up

Screenplay

King, Queen, Knave

Director

Deep End

Director

Deep End

Screenplay

The Adventures of Gerard

1970

Director

5.6

The Adventures of Gerard

Screenplay

Dialogue 20-40-60

Director

Dialogue 20-40-60

Screenplay

The Twenty-Year-Olds

Director

The Departure

Director

The Departure

Screenplay

Barrier

Director

Barrier

Screenplay

Identification Marks: None

1965

Art Direction

6.4

Identification Marks: None

1965

Director

6.4

Identification Marks: None

Screenplay

The Friend

Dialogue

Walkover

Director

Walkover

Screenplay

Knife in the Water

Dialogue

Knife in the Water

Screenplay

Night Fare

Producer

Night Fare

1962

Screenplay

The Nude

1962

Director

Beautiful

1962

Director

Erotique

Director

Erotique

Writer

Your Money or Your Life

1961

Director

4.7

Your Money or Your Life

1961

Writer

4.7

Boxing

1961

Director

Boxing

1961

Screenplay

Innocent Sorcerers

Screenplay

Little Hamlet

Director

Little Hamlet

Writer

The Menacing Eye

Director

The Menacing Eye

Writer

Angel of Death

Director

Angel of Death

Producer

Television (1)

At Home - Poland

2020

Director