12/09/2006

During the European Film Awards ceremony, which will take place on December 2 in Warsaw, the European Film Academy will grant master French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski a career award. In a press release announcing the ceremony, the European Film Academy, presided over by Wim Wenders, emphasised Polanski's "impressive contribution to cinema worldwide" as an actor, scriptwriter, director and producer.

From 1962’s Knife in the Water (nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar) to Oliver Twist [+see also:
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After his Best Screenplay Oscar nod for Rosemary's Baby in 1975, and his Best Director nominations for Chinatown in 1975 and Tess in 1979, Polanski finally received the prestigious award in 2003 for The Pianist [+see also:
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(Translated from French)