Born in Kwilcz, Poland, Walerian Borowczyk trained as a painter and lithographer,
winning Poland's National Prize in 1953. He began his film career as a
film poster designer, then started making short animated films in the
late 1950s. Moving to France in the early 1960s, he gained a reputation
as a leading animator before switching to live-action features, which
have become increasingly controversial due to their explicitly erotic
and sensational content.
