Andrzej Żuławski
Known for directing · Born 22 November 1940 · Died 17 February 2016 · aged 75 · Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]
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Andrzej Żuławski (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine). Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where became known for controversial and violent art-house films. Zulawski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.
Known for
Possession
1981
On the Silver Globe
1989
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
The Devil
1972
The Third Part of the Night
1972
Cosmos
2015
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
1989
Szamanka
1996
The Public Woman
1984
Fidelity
2000
Mad Love
1985
Love at Twenty
1962