Raised in Poland

Was enrolled at FAMU during the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968

Returned to Poland

Feature co-directing debut, "Screen Tests"

Solo feature directing debut, "Provincial Actors"

Immigrated to France

Directed first English-language film, "To Kill a Priest"

Received critical plaudits for helming "Europa, Europa"; received Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

Directed first Hollywood film, "The Secret Garden"

Directed "Washington Square," an exploration of the struggle between familial and romantic love with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Finney

Directed "The Third Miracle" with Ed Harris

Directed the HBO movie, "Shot in the Heart," based on Mikal Gilmore's novel of the same name, which chronicles the last weeks of Gary Gilmore's life on death row in Utah

Directed episodes of the CBS drama, "Cold Case"

Directed "Copying Beethoven," with Ed Harris as Ludwig van Beethoven