
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 as The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing, starring Vincent Gallo
He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to filmmaking as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna (2008).
He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. His film EO (2022) was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
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The Avengers
2012 · as Georgi Luchkov

Eastern Promises
2007 · as Stepan

Mars Attacks!
1996 · as Dr. Zeigler

White Nights
1985 · as Colonel Chaiko

Moonlighting
1982 · as Boss (uncredited)

Before Night Falls
2000 · as Professor

Circle of Deceit
1981 · as Hoffmann

Deep End
1971 · as Tube Passenger With Newspaper (uncredited)

L.A. Without a Map
1999 · as Minister

King, Queen, Knave
1972

Operacja Samum
1999 · as Hayes

Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
2010 · as Self

Innocent Sorcerers
1960 · as Boxer (uncredited)

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
2012 · as John III Sobieski

Big Shots
1987 · as Doc

Barrier
1966 · as Waiter - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Torrents of Spring
1989 · as Wiktor Wiktorowicz

Hands Up!
1985 · as Andrzej Leszczyc, Zastawa (1967 footage) / Self (1981 footage)