Andrzej Żuławski

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 arthouse 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 arthouse films Zulawski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau