BILLY WILDER

B I B L I O G R A P H Y

He was born in Galicia, in the current Poland, son of Max Wilder

and Eugenia Dittler, both Jews. He originally intended to become a

lawyer, but when he moved to Vienna, he abandoned the career

becoming a journalist. Later, with the experience gained he worked

on a major tabloid in Berlin, where he began his film career as a

screenwriter in 1929. After the rise of Hitler in 1933, he emigrated

to France and then to the United States. His mother and

grandparents died in Auschwitz.

CAREER

His career as a screenwriter, filmmaker and producer

spanned more than 50 years in over 60 films. He is

remembered as one of the most brilliant filmmakers of his

time in Hollywood and several of his films have been

acclaimed both by audiences and by critics.

Despite not speaking English when she arrived in

Hollywood, he quickly learned the language and had the

help of Peter Lorre to join the American film industry.

Original Title Year

Buddy Buddy 1981

Fedora 1978

The Front Page 1974

Avanti! 1972

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970

The Fortune Cookie 1966

Kiss Me, Stupid 1964

Irma la Douce 1963

One, Two, Three 1961

The Apartment 1960

Some Like It Hot 1959

Witness for the Prosecution 1957

Love in the Afternoon 1957

The Spirit of St. Louis 1957

The Seven Year Itch 1955

Sabrina 1954

Stalag 17 1953

BIOGRAPHY

MARIE CURIE

Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867. Marie had four brothers and sisters. The oldest sister and her mother died when she was 11. Her father was a patriot, whose views about an independent Poland put his job in danger.

Marie finished high school when she was 15, with the highest grades. When she was 24, she moved to Paris to

study mathematics and physics at the Sorbonne. She wanted to return to Poland after she got her teacher’s

diploma. But Marie didn’t return to Poland. In 1894, she met a French scientist called Pierre Curie. He was a

member of the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry. She married Pierre and they had 2 daughters.

Nicolas Copernicus

Biography

Nicolas Copernicus was born on 19th February, 1473 in Toru, Poland. He died on 24th May, 1543 in Frauenburg.

Occupation: Astronomer

Nicholas Copernicus proposed the idea of a heliocentric (sun centered) solar system and the idea that the Earth, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis. Copernicus's theory had important consequences for later scientific thinkers, including such major figures as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton.

Roman Polanski

Bibliography Roman Polanski (born 18 August

1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers.

Continuation … Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his

family back to Poland in 1937, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Holocaust and was educated in Poland and became a director of both art house and commercial films.Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Watr (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for a United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was beaten by Federico Fellini's 8½. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, along with two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Films

Hear FilmsOscar

NominationOscar

1962Nóz w wodzie (Knife in the Water)

1

1968 Rosemary's Baby 2 1

1974 Chinatown 11 1

1979 Tess 6 3

1986 Pirates 1

2002 The Pianist 7 3

2005 Oliver Twist

2007To Each His Own Cinema (segmento Cinéma erotique)

2010The Ghost Writer (O Escritor Fantasma (Pt-BR))

2010 Smoke on the Water

Two poland football Players

Jakub BlaszczykowskiArtur Boruc

Jakub Blaszczykowski

Date of birth: 14 December 1985 (age 26)Place of birth: Truskolasy, PolandHeight: 1.75 mPlayer position: MidfielderCurrent club: Borussia Dortmund

Jakub Blaszczykowski

Senior career

Years Team Apps† (Gls)†

2003–2004 KS Częstochowa 24 (11)

2005–2007 Wisła Kraków 51 (4)

2007– Borussia Dortmund

125 (8)

National team

2004 Poland U19 8 (0)

2005–2006 Poland U21 3 (1)

2005 Poland B 1 (0)

2006– Poland 48 (8)

Artur Boruc

Date of birth: 20 February 1980Place of birth: Siedlce, PolandHeight: 1,93mPlaying position: GoalkeeperCurrent club: Fiorentina

Artur Boruc

Senior career*

Years Team Apps† (Gls)†

1998–1999 Pogoń Siedlce 12 (0)

1999–2005 Legia Warszawa 69 (1)

2000→ Dolcan Ząbki (loan) 12 (0)

2005 → Celtic (loan) 9 (0)

2005–2010 Celtic 153 (0)

2010– Fiorentina 42 (0)

National team‡

2004–2010 Poland 46 (0)