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1. She is an actress, model and singer. She appeared as James Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 "GoldenEye". You may also recognize her from "Exorcist: The Beginning" where she played Sarah. Who is she?

Answer: Izabellla Scorupco

Izabella Dorota Scorupco was born on June 4, 1970 in Bialystok, Poland. At the age of eight she moved with her mother to Sweden. As a teenager she worked as a model. Her big break came at the age of 17, when she starred in "Ingen Kan Alska Som Vi" ("Nobody Loves Like Us").
In the late 1980s and early 90s she recorded several music albums, which brought her fame in Poland and in Scandinavian countries.
She's the first actress, who was born in Poland, to play in a "Bond" movie. In 1996 Izabella Scorupco married Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish former NHL star. The couple divorced two years later. As for 2009 she has two children: Julia (from her marriage to Czerkawski) and Jacob (from her actual marriage to Jeffrey Raymond).

2. She was born on January 2, 1957 in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland. In 1982 she emigrated to USA. You may know her from "Gorky Park" (1983), "Marked for Death" (1990) or "Tombstone" (1993). In 1990 she was chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Who is she?

Answer: Joanna Pacula

Joanna Pacula graduated from The Theatre Academy in Warsaw in 1979 and starred in many Polish productions in Warsaw Dramatic Theatre. She appeared twice on cover of "Vogue" magazine. For the role of Irina Asanova in "Gorky Park" (1983) she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Music fans may recognize her as a beautiful Soviet girl from Elton John's music video "Nikita".

3. He was the winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Director for "The Pianist". He had his Hollywood directorial debut with the horror "Rosemary's Baby" (1968). He was also resposible for directing "Chinatown" (1974), "Tess" (1979) and "Frantic" (1988). Who is he?

Answer: Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski was born Rajmund Roman Liebling on August 2, 1933, to a Polish Jew father and a Russian mother. He lived throughout World War II (his father was a survivor from the Mathausen Gusen concentration camp, but his mother was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau) and took up acting in the early 1950s.

His debut as a movie director was in 1955 with "Zaczarowany Rower" ("The Magical Bicycle"). In 1962 he directed his first feature-length film called "Knife in the Water", which brought him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

4. She was born in 1981 in Lodz, Poland. Her big screen debut was in 2000, when she starred in the movie "Coyote Ugly". You may also know her from "The Forsaken" (2001), "The House of Usher" (2006) or "Save the Last Dance 2" (2006). Who is she?

Answer: Izabella Miko

Izabella Anna Mikolajczak was born on January 21, 1981. Both her parents were actors and they encouraged young Izabella to take up acting and ballet classes. On her 15th birthday she traveled to New York City. In 2001 "Maxim" magazine put her on 48th place on "Maxim's Hot 100 Women List".

5. She is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. In 1985 she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film - "Angry Harvest". She's best known for directing "To Kill a Priest" (1988), "Europa Europa" (1991), "Olivier, Olivier" (1992) and "The Secret Garden" (1993). Who am I writing about?

Answer: Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland was born on November 28, 1948 in Warsaw, Poland. Her first major movie "Prowincjonalni Aktorzy" ("Provincial Actors") from 1978 won her the International Critics Prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007, together with her sister Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, she directed Polish political-fiction series "Ekipa".

In 2009, she works as a filmmaker-in-residence at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

6. He twice won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). From 1995 till 2001 he was married to Hollywood actress Holly Hunter. Who is this Polish photographer?

Answer: Janusz Kaminski

Janusz Zygmunt Kaminski was born on June 27, 1959 in Ziebice, Poland. At the age of 21 he emigrated to the USA, where he attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987. He graduated with an MFA degree. Since "Schindler's List" in 1993, he photographed all Steven Spielberg's productions.

In 2008 he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".

7. Four of his movies were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film including "The Promised Land" (1976), "The Maids of Wilko" (1979), "Man Of Iron" (1981) and "Katyn" (2007). Eventually, in the year 2000, he was presented with an honorary Oscar for his contributions to the cinema. Who am I thinking of?

Answer: Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda was born on March 6, 1926 in Suwalki, Poland. For the movie "Canal" (1956) he won the Silver Palm Award at Cannes Film Festival in 1957.
In 1981 Wajda won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for "Man of Iron". Wajda is perhaps the best Polish director, after World War II, and
currently the 99th greatest movie director of all-time by film website "They Shoot Pictures Don't They".

8. In 1993, together with his friend Ewa Braun, he won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration for Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List". He cooperated with Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Stuhr. Who is he?

Answer: Allan Starski

Allan Mieczyslaw Starski was born on January 1, 1943 in Warsaw, Poland. He was also a Chef decorator in following productions: "The Tomb" (2001), "The Pianist" (2002), "Eurotrip" (2004) and "Hannibal Raising" (2007).

9. This Polish composer won an Academy Award for Original Music Score in 2005 for "Finding Neverland". He is also a winner of the National Review Board's award for Best Score of the Year, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA's Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music. Who is he?

Answer: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Jan Andrzej Pawel Kaczmarek was born on April 29, 1953 in Konin, Poland. Although he earned his fame by making film music, he's also known for composing two symphonic and choral pieces for two Polish national events: "Cantata for Freedom" (for 25th anniversary of Solidarity movement) and "1956" (for 50th anniversary of uprising against totalitarian government in Poznan, Poland).

10. This Polish cinematographer, director and actor is known for making "Romeo Must Die" (2000), "Exit Wounds" (2001), "Cradle to the Grave" (2003) and "Doom" (2005). As a director of photography he was responsible for shooting pictures for a number of big-budget Hollywood productions including "Terms of Endearment" (1983), "Prizzi's Honor" (1985), "Falling Down" (1993) and "The Devil's Advocate" (1997). Who is he?

Answer: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak was born in 1950 in Lodz, Poland. In 1972 he emigrated to USA and started a career in advertising. There were three Hollywood productions: "The Verdict" (1982), "Terms of Endearment" (1983) and "Prizzi's Honor" (1985) that received an Academy Award nominations for Best Picture with Bartkowiak as a cinematographer.

Source: Author krzys44

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