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    With Balls and Chutzpah: A Story of Survival
    With Balls and Chutzpah: A Story of Survival
    With Balls and Chutzpah: A Story of Survival
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    With Balls and Chutzpah: A Story of Survival

    By Gene Gutowski

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    Gene Gutowskis name is associated with some of the great films of the twentieth century: the Oscar-winning masterpiece The Pianist, Repulsion, Cul-de-sac, and Fearless Vampire Killers. Producer of many of Roman Polanskis classics, Gene Gutowski shares here his extraordinary memoirs: those of a Polish Jew, alone in occupied Warsaw after the deportation of his entire family. As a young man who, with the blind courage of one who has nothing to lose, took incredible risks, he narrowly escaped the many horrors of life in Nazi-occupied Poland.

    In an extraordinary twist of destiny, and thanks to his prodigious resourcefulness, Gene Gutowski found himself in Germany in 1945, working as an American counter-espionage agent. After the war, he made his way to New York, where he worked as a fashion illustrator and TV producer, then on to London, where he became a successful producer and member of the jet set during the sixties. Finally, he achieved Hollywood consecration with the three Oscars won by The Pianist.

    It is an extremely endearing personality that reveals itself here, modest about the difficulties overcome, honest about the successes and failures. Gene Gutowskis youth was a thumb of the nose to death and totalitarianism, and his journey is a formidable life lesson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 4, 2011
    ISBN9781462002740
    With Balls and Chutzpah: A Story of Survival
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    Gene Gutowski

    Film producer Gene Gutowski was born in Poland in 1925. After escaping from Nazi extermination camps in World War II, he moved to New York with his wife in 1947. His creative partnership with filmmaker and fellow Pole Roman Polanski produced many classic films, including Repulsion, Cul-De-Sac, The Fearless Vampire Killers, and The Pianist, winner of three Academy Awards. Gene has three grown sons and four grandchildren. He now resides in Warsaw, where he lives happily with his partner of ten years, Asia Smaga.

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