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Polish director born August 18 1933 to Jewish parents; Polanski's mother died in a concentration camp but Polanski avoided incarceration there and spent the war wandering the countryside of Europe. Polanski was married to actress Sharon Tate, who was killed by Charles Manson while eight months pregnant; Polanski was later involved in a scandal surrounding statutory rape charges and fled the United States; he returned later to face the charges, was convicted, and fled again. Polanski now spends his time in France and Poland, and continues to direct movies and theater and act in films.
Filmography as a director (complete from 1967):
- The Ninth Gate (1999)
- Death and the Maiden (1994)
- Bitter Moon (1992)
- Frantic (1988)
- Pirates (1986)
- Tess (1979)
- Le Locataire (aka The Tenant) (1976)
- Chinatown (1974)
- What? (aka Diary of Forbidden Dreams) (1973)
- Macbeth (1971)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- The Fearless Vampire Killers (aka Dance of the Vampires) (1967)
- Knife in the Water (aka Nóz w wodzie) (1962)