Roman Polanski ba shi da sauƙin yara, wanda ya yi tasiri ga yadda yake ba da labarai. Ya girma a matsayin mai bara a kan titi a cikin ghetto na Krakow lokacin da iyayensa suka ɓace, bayan sun yi rayuwa na 'yan watanni a wani katafaren gida a Warsaw. Daga baya zai rayu akan sadaka a cikin iyalai daban -daban. Mahaifiyarsa za ta mutu tare da dangi da yawa a hannun 'yan Nazi a cikin Sansanin taro na Auschwitz.
A 1944 yana dan shekara 11 ya sake haduwa da mahaifinsa kuma bayan shekara guda ya fara aiki a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, da farko ya fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin yaran masu sa ido sannan daga baya ya zama ɗan wasan rediyo da wasan kwaikwayo.
A shekaru 16 yana shan wahala a yunkurin kashe shi a hannun mai laifi.
A wannan shekarar yana aiki a wurin 'yar tsana Theater tare da kamfanin Groteska a cikin wasan "El circo de Tarabumba".
A cikin 1953 ya fara fitowa a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo akan babban allo tare da fim ɗin "Labarai Uku" kuma bayan shekaru biyu ya sami babban matsayi a cikin Andrzej Wajda film "Tsara".
A wannan shekarar 1955, ya yi rajista a cikin Makarantar Fim ta Jihar Lodz kuma ya harbe aikinsa na farko, ɗan gajeren fim ɗin "La bicicleta".
A cikin 1957 ya sake yin wasu gajerun fina -finai guda uku "La silencio", "Asesinato" da "Aguafiestas" kuma yana aiki a karon farko a fim din kwararruWannan shine fim ɗin "Koniec nocy" na Andrzej Munk inda yake taka rawar mataimakin darekta.
A cikin 1958 an ba da ɗan gajeren fim ɗinsa "Maza biyu da kabad" a wurin Bikin Brussels.
A shekara mai zuwa ya yi fina -finan fina -finai guda biyu "Fitila" da "Lokacin da Mala'iku suka faɗi", na ƙarshen ya gabatar da shi shekara guda a Bikin San Sebastian.
A cikin 1961 ya yi gajeren fina -finai guda biyu "El gordo y el flaco" da "Los Mammals", na farko a Faransa kuma na biyu a ƙasarsa ta Poland. Hakanan a waccan shekarar yayi fim ɗinsa na farko mai suna "The Knife in the Water". Siffar sa ta farko ta lashe Babban Kyauta a Bikin Tours da kuma a Bikin Venice ya ci lambar yabo ta FIPRESCI, sannan kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Oscar don mafi kyawun fim na ƙasashen waje.
A Amsterdam yana harbi "Abun lu'u -lu'u", Short film daga 1963.
A cikin 1964 ya harbi fim ɗin "Abin ƙyama" na Burtaniya wanda kawai ya ƙaddamar da shi don shahara, tunda da shi ya ci nasara Bear Azurfa da lambar yabo ta FIPRESCI a Berlinale a shekara mai zuwa. Hakanan a cikin 1964 ya yi fim tare da Claude Chabrol na Faransa da Jean-
Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti na Italiyanci, Hiromichi Horikawa na Jafananci fim ɗin fim "Mafi shahararrun zamba a duniya."
"Dead End", fim dinsa na 1965, an harbe shi a Burtaniya kamar fim din da ya gabata. Fim ɗin ya nuna cewa daraktan na Poland yana kan hanyarsa ta tabbatar da kansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutanen zamaninsa. Tape ya samu Golden Bear a bikin Berlin.
Bayan shekaru biyu, ya dawo Burtaniya, ya harbi "Dance na vampires”, Wasan ban dariya mai ban tsoro wanda ke nuna fina -finan vampire.
A 1968 ya yi fim na farko a Amurka. Fim ɗinsa na farko a ƙasar Amurka shi ne "Tsabar Iblis." Fim ɗin ya ba shi lambar yabo ta David de Donatello na Babban Daraktan Ƙasashen waje da Mia Farrow don Mafi kyawun Jarumar Kasashen Waje. Ruth Gordon ta karba Oscar da Golden Globe don mafi kyawun actress. Hakanan yana samun nadin Oscar a matsayin marubucin allo, kyautar da ba ta ƙare ba.
A shekara ta 1969, wani abin tashin hankali zai nuna rayuwar mai shirya fim. Mabiya Charles Manson sun kashe Sharon Tate, matar sa kusan shekara guda. Wannan hujja ta sa Roman Polanski ku bar ƙasar ku zauna a Paris.