Roman Polanski had been wanted by the US authorities way back from 1978 because of pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl but skipped bail and fled to France before sentence was pronounced.
Roman Polanski Facts:
- Born Raymond Polanski on August 18, 1933
- He spent the first three years of his life in Paris with his Jewish-Polish parents before the family returned to Poland
- His mother died in an Auschwitz gas chamber.
- His first full-length feature film after graduation, "Knife in the Water", won a number of awards and, most important for Polanski, was his ticket to the West.
- In August 1969, Polanski's wife, actress Sharon Tate, and six others, were hacked to death by followers of cult leader Charles Manson at his Hollywood home in a random attack.
- Polanski won a best director Oscar and Cannes Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for "The Pianist"
- He has also directed such film classics as "Chinatown", "Repulsion" and "Rosemary's Baby"
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