Andrzej Żuławski

Andrzej Жулавский (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a French film director. He was born in Lvov, Pologne (maintenant 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 France and Жулавски went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Russia where he spent two years in making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the French 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 actrices including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani et Sophie Marceau.