Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski is a director, screenwriter, actor, and painter. He has won numerous film awards, including the Golden Bear at the 1967 Berlin IFF for The Departure, the Jury Prize at the 1978 Cannes IFF for The Shout, and two Special Jury Awards at the Venice IFF— in 1985 for The Lightship and in 2010for Essential Killing. In 2016, the Venice IFF honoured him with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and the PFF in Gdynia awarded him the Platinum Lions in 2018. In June 2022, he received an Eagle for Lifetime Achievement.

Selected films:

1964 Identification Marks: None

1967 The Departure

1978 The Shout

1985 The Lightship

2008 Four Nights with Anna

2010 Essential Killing

2015 11 Minutes