Gene Gutowski
Biography
Eugene (Gene) Witold Gutowski (born Witold Bardach; July 26, 1925 – May 10, 2016) was a Polish film producer who produced many of Roman Polański's films, including Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-Sac (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and The Pianist (2002).
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Self
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Self
A short documentary about the making of the 1966 film 'Cul-de-sac'.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Self
A documentary on the making of Roman Polanski's 1965 film "Repulsion," featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gil Taylor, among others.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Self
Film producer Gene Gutowski (Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac, The Pianist) was fourteen years old when first the Soviets then the Nazis invaded his hometown of Lwow, Poland. With a combination of chutzpah, street smarts and an unflinching will to live, he spent the war flirting with danger as a teenage Jew hiding in plain site. Witnessing first-hand the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi occupation, frequently cheating death himself and losing his entire family in the process, Gutowski's story is ultimately one of hope. As recounted with humor and pathos to his son, filmmaker Adam Bardach, his remarkable survival tale represents a thumb of the nose at darkness and totalitarianism.