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...Directed and starred in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). The following year, Polanski married his co-star, the American actress Sharon Tate...
...Polanski's Chinatown (1974), starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston, garnered 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won for screenwriting...
...accused of raping a 13-year-old girl he had photographed at Nicholson's home. Polanski pleaded guilty to one of six charges: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Released after 42 days in prison for psychological evaluation, he fled to France...
...Polanski made the Holocaust drama The Pianist, starring Adrien Brody. The first film he had shot in Poland since Knife in the Water, it won the Cannes Film Festival's top honor, the Palme d'Or, in 2002, and the Academy Award for directing in 2003. Polanski did not attend the Academy Awards ceremony because he faced arrest upon setting foot...
...Reportedly speaks Polish, English, French, Italian and Russian.(Read "Redeeming Roman Polanski...