Roman Polanski
The Pianist is an account of the German extermination of the Warsaw ghetto, echoing Roman Polanski’s own past… Roman Polanski was still a fugitive when he won the 2003 Oscar, so he did not attend the ceremonies in Los Angeles… The photo shoot incident with the 13-year-old girl took place at the home of Jack Nicholson (who was out of town). The girl’s name remained hidden for years, but as a married adult she identified herself publicly as Samantha Geimer; her name at the time of the incident was Samantha Jane Gailey… In 1989, Roman Polanski married actress Emmanuelle Seigner, who appears in his films Frantic and The Ninth Gate… roman Polanski published his autobiography, Roman, in 1984.
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The U.K. film site has notes on his films
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A collection of articles related to his 1977 arrest and eventual exile
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2013 Der Spiegel interview on the Holocaust, Sharon Tate and more
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