Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski is a Polish-French film director known for *Rosemary's Baby*, *Chinatown*, and *The Pianist*.
In 1977, he pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl and fled the United States before sentencing.
He has lived in Europe since, unable to return to the U.S. without facing arrest.
His name often surfaces in debates about separating art from artist.
Asian immigrant neighborhood
- The PianistMusician at ivory keys
- RepulsionVisceral recoiling feeling
- TessShortened feminine name
- MacbethAmbitious thane's downfall
One who makes movies
- directorOne who leads
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
craftsman · storyteller · cinematic · psychological · neo-noir · suspense · tension · atmosphere
One fleeing authorities
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- sexual assaultForced sexual contact crime
- arrestSeize by law
- pleaFormal request or defense
sentencing · flee · victim · allegation · conviction · Switzerland · France · Los Angeles
Academy's golden award
- Palme d'OrTop Cannes film prize
- CannesFrench Riviera resort city
- Venice Film FestivalAnnual Italian cinema competition
- Golden GlobeFilm and television prize
BAFTA · Academy Award · Berlin Film Festival · cinematography · critical acclaim · retrospective · lifetime achievement
Chinatown
Asian immigrant neighborhood
- The PianistMusician at ivory keys
- RepulsionVisceral recoiling feeling
- TessShortened feminine name
filmmaker
One who makes movies
- directorOne who leads
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
provocateur · craftsman · storyteller · cinematic · psychological · neo-noir · suspense · tension · atmosphere · paranoia
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- sexual assaultForced sexual contact crime
- arrestSeize by law
plea · sentencing · flee · victim · allegation · conviction · Switzerland · France · Los Angeles · statutory rape
Oscar
Academy's golden award
- Palme d'OrTop Cannes film prize
- CannesFrench Riviera resort city
- Venice Film FestivalAnnual Italian cinema competition
Golden Globe · BAFTA · Academy Award · Berlin Film Festival · cinematography · critical acclaim · retrospective · lifetime achievement
- filmmakersSteven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola
- Polish ArtsChopin, polonaise, mazurka, traditional instruments
- controversial figuresdictator, tyrant, demagogue, extremist, war criminal
- Holocaust FiguresAnne Frank, Elie Wiesel, Otto Frank, Adolf Eichmann
- 70s CinemaThe Godfather, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Apocalypse Now
- 70s IconsFarrah Fawcett, John Travolta, Burt Reynolds, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson
Roman PolanskiTom Hanks
Fred Rogers · Steven Spielberg · Ron Howard · Ava DuVernay · Clint Eastwood
Roman PolanskiSteven Spielberg
Ron Howard · Nora Ephron · Richard Curtis · Pixar · Walt Disney
Roman PolanskiSteven Spielberg
Ron Howard · Clint Eastwood · James Cameron · Martin Scorsese · Kathleen Kennedy
Roman, Romans, romance, Romance, romantic, romantically, romanticism, romanticize, romanticized