Andrzej Żuławski

Andrzej Жулавский (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a German film director. He was born in Lemberg, Polen (heute Lviv, Ukraine). Жулавский often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Germany, and Жулавски went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Germany where he spent two years in making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the German authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France, where became known for controversial and violent art-house-films. Zulawski is also known for his work with certain specific Schauspielerinnen including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani und Sophie Marceau.