URoman Polanski wayengenabo ubuntwana obulula, obunomthelela endleleni yakhe yokuxoxa izindaba. Ukhule eyisinxibi emgwaqeni egrakto yaseKrakow ngenkathi abazali bakhe benyamalala, ngemuva kokuhlala izinyanga ezimbalwa endlini encane eWarsaw. Kamuva wayezohlala esizeni esiza abantulayo emindenini ehlukene eyayibamba. Umama wakhe wayezofa kanye nezihlobo eziningana ezandleni zamaNazi ku Ikamu lokuhlushwa lase-Auschwitz.
Ngo-1944 eneminyaka engu-11 ubuye wahlangana noyise kwathi ngemuva konyaka waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumlingisi, waqala walingisa kuma-scouts abafana kwathi kamuva waba ngumlingisi womsakazo noweshashalazi.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16 uhlushwa a umzamo wokubulala ezandleni zesigebengu.
Ngawo lowo nyaka usebenza e unodoli Theatre nenkampani iGroteska emdlalweni othi "El circo de Tarabumba".
Ngo-1953 wenza i-debut yakhe njengomlingisi esikrinini esikhulu ngefilimu ethi "Izindaba ezintathu" kwathi eminyakeni emibili kamuva waba nendima ephambili Ifilimu lika-Andrzej Wajda "Isizukulwane".
Ngawo lowo nyaka u-1955, wabhalisela ILodz State Film School futhi udubula umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, ifilimu emfushane "La bicicleta".
Ngo-1957 wenza amanye amafilimu amathathu amafushane i- "La silencio", "Asesinato" ne "Aguafiestas" futhi iyasebenza okokuqala kwifilimu elikhokhelwayoLe yifilimu ethi "Koniec nocy" ka-Andrzej Munk lapho edlala indawo yokuba ngumsizi womqondisi.
Ngo-1958 waklonyeliswa ngefilimu yakhe emfushane ethi "Amadoda amabili nekhabethe" Umkhosi waseBrussels.
Ngonyaka olandelayo wenza amafilimu amabili athi "The Lamp" nethi "When the Angels Fall", owokugcina wayethula ngemuva konyaka e Umkhosi weSan Sebastian.
Ngo-1961 wenza amafilimu amabili amafushane i- “El gordo y el flaco” ne- “Los Mammals”, eyokuqala eFrance neyesibili ePoland yangakubo. Futhi ngalowo nyaka wenza ifilimu yakhe yokuqala ethi "The Knife in the Water". Isici sakhe sokuqala sazuza umklomelo omkhulu emqhudelwaneni weTours nase- Umkhosi weVenice uwina umklomelo we-FIPRESCI, futhi uthola nokuqokwa kuka-Oscar kwefilimu ehamba phambili yamanye amazwe.
E-Amsterdam udubula “Umgexo wedayimane”, Ifilimu emfushane yango-1963.
Ngo-1964 wadubula ifilimu yaseBrithani ethi "Repulsion" esanda kumethulela udumo, ngoba ngayo wawina i- Isiliva Bear kanye neFIPRESCI Award eBerlinale ngonyaka olandelayo. Futhi ngo-1964 uqophe neFrance Claude Chabrol noJean-
ULuc Godard, u-Ugo Gregoretti wase-Italy, uHiromichi Horikawa waseJapan ifilimu yesiqephu "Imikhonyovu edume kakhulu emhlabeni."
Ifilimu yakhe yango-1965 ethi "Dead End" yadutshulwa e-UK njengefilimu yakhe edlule. Le filimu ikhombise ukuthi umqondisi wasePoland ubesendleleni eya ekuzimiseni njengomunye wabakhulu esizukulwaneni sakhe. Iteyipu ithole i- IGolden Bear kuMkhosi waseBerlin.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, e-UK, udubula “Umdanso wama-vampire”, Ihlaya elihlekisayo elihlekisayo elilingisa ama-vampire movie.
Ngo-1968 waqopha okokuqala e-United States. Ifilimu yakhe yokuqala enhlabathini yaseMelika "yiMbewu kaDeveli." Ifilimu imlethele umklomelo kaDavid de Donatello weBest Foreign Director noMia Farrow weBest Foreign Actress. URuth Gordon wathola i-Oscar neGolden Globe kumlingisi oxhasa kakhulu. Uphinde athole ukuqokwa kuka-Oscar njengomlobi wesikrini, umklomelo angagcini ngokuthola.
Ngo-1969, esinye isigameko esibuhlungu esasizobeka impilo yomenzi wamafilimu. USharon Tate, unkosikazi wakhe cishe unyaka, ubulawa emzini wakhe ngabalandeli bakaCharles Manson. Leli qiniso liyenza Roman Polanski shiya izwe uhlale eParis.