Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski (French: Roman Polanski, Polish: Roman Polański; August 18, 1933 -) is a French and Polish Jewish director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Paris, France. He moved to Krakow, Poland with his family when he was 3 years old. He was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp and later escaped successfully. After the end of World War II, Roman Polanski returned to Krakow, where he studied at the Lodz State Film School. He left Poland in 1961 and became a French citizen in 1976. Roman Polanski's representative works include "Knife in the Water" (1962), "Flashback" (1965), "Knot" (1966), "Into the Woods" (1971), "Chinatown" (1974), "Keyhole Love" (1992), and won the 2002 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Director for "Battlefield". In 2010, Roman Polanski won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the European Film Awards for "The Order". Roman Polanski has made films in Poland, the United Kingdom, France and the United States, and is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers." Polanski's films have inspired directors including the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Eten Igoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Park Chan-wook, Abel Ferrara and Wes Craven. In 1977, 43-year-old Polanski sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles, California, by getting her drunk and drugged. After his arrest, Polanski reached a plea bargain with the U.S. prosecutors. However, on February 1, 1978, on the eve of the court's verdict, he fled to Europe. Since then, he has been wanted by the U.S. government and has never dared to set foot on U.S. soil again. Polanski also faces multiple sexual assault accusations, but has not faced judicial proceedings because the legal pursuit period has expired. On May 3, 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced his dismissal.