Roman Polanski's name emerges in the list of some of the best Hollywood directors. This Academy -Award receiving director was born on 18th of august in 1933. Though Polish by birth, the birthplace of Roman Polanski is France. Besides directing films, Roman Polanski also acted in many of the films of Hollywood. He also revealed his talent as a film producer.
The famous movies in which Roman Polanski served as director include “Chinatown” and “Rosemary's Baby”. The film “Rosemary's Baby” released in the year 1968. China town, another film directed by Polanski, was released in 1974.
Not only his films, but also his tumultuous life made him a famous personality. The Mason family murdered the wife of Roman polanski in the year 1969. After apologizing for having an illegitimate relationship with a thirteen year old girl, Roman Polanski escaped to France.
The movies under his direction include “aka Magical Bicycle” (Zaczarowany rower), “ aka A Toothful Smile”(Usmiech zebiczny), “ aka The Lamp” (Lampa), “Les plus belles escroqueries du monde”, “The Fearless Vampire Killers”, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, “Chinatown”, “Tess”, “To Each His Cinema, Death and the Maiden”, “Frantic” and “The Ninth Gate”. Numerous other films were made under the direction of Roman Polanski.
The film with the title “The Fearless Vampire Killers” was released on 31st December in the year 1967. This is a horror movie run for the period of one hundred and eighteen minutes. Metro-Goldwyn-mayer Studios Inc. worked as the distributor of this film made by Roman Polanski. |
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Gene Gutowski produced this film. The story of “The Fearless Vampire Killers” was written by Gerard Brach. This movie is the first of all Polanski films that was featured in color.
The Film “Chinatown” was released on 20th June in the year 1974. The story of this movie belonging to the genre of thriller was written by Robert Towne. The plot of this film shows how a detective investigating an adultery case gets stuck in a murder case that has association with water. This film by Polanski got Oscar for its best screenplay. It also received the Oscar for the Best actor. Polanski also got the nomination for the Best Director in the Oscar ceremony.
Roman Polanski's “The Ninth Gate” was released in the month of March in the year 1999. Like “Chinatown”, this film also belongs to the thriller genre. This film won one award and was nominated for three awards.
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