Andrzej Zulawski(1940-2016)
- Writer
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Born in Lviv, Ukraine; then he moved with his father Miroslaw Zulawski to
Czechoslovakia and later Poland. In the late 1950s, he studied
cinema in France. In the 1960s, he was an assistant of the famous
Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. His feature debut La troisième partie de la nuit (1971) was an
adaptation of his father's novel. His second feature Le diable (1972) was
prohibited in Poland, and Zulawski went to France. After the success of
his French debut L'important c'est d'aimer (1975) in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent
two years in making Sur le globe d'argent (1988). The work on this film was brutally
interrupted by the authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France
where he became known for his highly artistic, controversial, and very
violent films. Zulawski is well known for his ability to discover and
"rediscover" actresses: Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani, Valérie Kaprisky and Sophie Marceau played their best
roles in his films.
