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20 unusual facts about Roman Polanski


Andy de la Tour

He has appeared in many films including Plenty, Notting Hill, the Roman Polanski version of Oliver Twist and "44" Chest". His work in television series included The Young Ones, Bottom, Kavanagh QC and The Brief. On stage he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Alan Bennett's "People"

Anna B. Sheppard

A sister to fellow costume designer Magdalena Biedrzycka, Sheppard made many films with directing masters like Steven Spielberg or Roman Polański.

Bart Dalton

He is best known as a United States-based attorney for Roman Polanski.

Benjamin Meyer

As a writer-director of short films, his credits include What Are You Having?, which was awarded the Grand Prix du Court-Metrage at Deauville in 2003 (Roman Polanski, head of jury; Ben Kingsley, Tom Tykwer, among other jury members), as well as awards in North America and Africa.

Bernt Rosengren

Roman Polanski's collaborator Krzysztof Komeda used Rosengren in the performance of his jazz score for Polanski's film Knife in the Water (1962).

Dennis Yu

The Imp (兇榜, 1981), Yu's horror movie with strong influence of Roman Polanski, is widely regarded as a forerunner of haunted-house movie in Hong Kong.

Ewa Mazierska

Her publications include numerous articles in Polish and English and monographs on two major modern filmmakers: Roman Polanski and Nanni Moretti.

Jan Kott

Reportedly, Peter Brook's film King Lear and Roman Polanski's Macbeth (both made in 1971) were influenced by Kott's view of Shakespearean high tragedy in relation to the 20th-century "nightmare of history".

Joe Bini

Won Primetime Emmy in 2009 for Outstanding Writing For Non Fiction Programming for his work on Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.

He also won the 2008 Documentary Editing Award for editing Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.

José Antonio Santamaría Mikel Vaqueriza

Santamaría had among his personal friends personalities such as the film director Roman Polanski, who at that time had a house in Ibiza.

Keith Chegwin

Chegwin's most prestigious acting role was that of Fleance in Roman Polanski's film Macbeth (1971).

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

The 1974 Roman Polanski film Chinatown sets its story around LADWP's efforts to acquire land and water rights.

Manorama Six Feet Under

This movie is based on Chinatown (1974) by Roman Polanski, with the basic premise being similar to the original, despite changes in the representation of characters and some key plot points.

Monster Hospital

Hands are reaching through the roof and walls, trying to grab her (a reference to the 1965 Roman Polanski film Repulsion).

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

He has appeared in numerous high-profile films, including Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm and Brazil, A Knight's Tale, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Roman Polanski's Pirates, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Olivier Dahan's Grace of Monaco.

Spotlight on Film

This series provided an overview of the works of various filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Shirley Clarke, Roman Polanski, Alain Resnais, John Schlesinger, Jiri Trnka, Peter Weiss and Mai Zetterling.

Terence Bayler

Bayler was given stitches above an eye after he was injured in a sword fight with actor Jon Finch (playing Macbeth) during the shooting of Roman Polanski's 1971 film of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Terry Downes

One of his more prominent roles was in Roman Polanski's 1967 film The Fearless Vampire Killers, in which he played Koukol, a hunchbacked servant.

The More I See You

In 1966, Chris Montez had the most commercially successful and well known version of the song and it is this version that has been used many times in movies, notably at the beginning of the famous club scene in Roman Polanski's Frantic, starring Harrison Ford.


Agnieszka Piotrowska

Over the years she has interviewed Roman Polanski, David Puttnam, Micky Rourke, Sting, Oscar de la Renta, Lech Wałęsa, and other celebrities as well as working with convicted criminals or the dispossessed around the world, particularly in Africa.

Een dagje naar het strand

The 1970 movie A Day at the Beach is also based on the book by Heeresma, in cooperation with Roman Polanski.

Ghislain Cloquet

He also worked with several non-French directors, most notably Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, and Arthur Penn (Four Friends).

Mary Selway

Selway worked with a number of renowned directors over three decades, including Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, Clint Eastwood, John Boorman, Sydney Pollack, Robert Altman, Michael Apted, Nicolas Roeg, Fred Schepisi, Fred Zinnemann and Ridley Scott.