Walerian Borowczyk

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 10/21/1923

Date of death : 02/03/2006

City of birth : Kwilcz, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Born in Kwilcz, Poland, Walerian Borowczyk trained as a painter and lithographer, winning Poland's National Prize in 1953. He began his film career as a film poster designer, then started making short animated films in the late 1950s. Moving to France in the early 1960s, he gained a reputation as a leading animator before switching to live-action features, which have become increasingly controversial due to their explicitly erotic and sensational content.