Editing Roman Polanski (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski wedding in 1968.jpg|thumb|Roman Polanski with [[Sharon Tate]] in 1968]]
In 1959, Polanski married actress [[Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass]]. She starred in his short film ''[[When Angels Fall]]''. The couple separated in 1961 and divorced the next year.<ref name="RPinterviewsxv" />

Throughout the 1960s, Polanski dated a succession of actresses including [[Carol Lynley]], [[Jacqueline Bisset]], [[Jill St. John]] and [[Michelle Phillips]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/01/25/romans-holiday/cd8c3259-0132-4b54-950f-64ea8ec6de03|title=Roman's Holiday|author=Yardley, Jonathan|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 25, 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.movingpictureshow.com/?p=3962|title=Roman Polanski|author=Leydon, Joe|work=The Moving Picture Show|date=July 13, 1986}}</ref>

Polanski met actress [[Sharon Tate]] while filming ''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers]]'', and during the production, the two of them began dating.<ref name="Bugliosip27" /> On {{Nowrap|20 January}} 1968, Polanski and Tate married in London.<ref name="sknew" />

In February 1969, Polanski and Tate began renting the home at [[10050 Cielo Drive]] in the [[Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles|Benedict Canyon]] region of Los Angeles.  In August, while Polanski was in Europe working on a film, Tate remained home, eight-and-a-half months pregnant. The [[Manson Family]] cult broke into the home late in the evening of 8 August and proceeded to [[Tate murders|murder Tate and four others]]. Tate's unborn child was posthumously named Paul Richard Polanski. [[Charles Manson]], along with members of the cult, was arrested in late 1969, eventually tried, and found guilty in 1971 of first-degree murder.<ref name="Statman"/>

Polanski has said that his absence on the night of the murders is the greatest regret of his life.<ref name="Roman Polanski: The artful dodger" /> He wrote in his autobiography: "Sharon's death is the only watershed in my life that really matters", and commented that her murder changed his personality from a "boundless, untroubled sea of expectations and optimism" to one of "ingrained pessimism... eternal dissatisfaction with life".<ref name="polanski7" /> Polanski was left with a negative impression of the press, which he felt was interested in sensationalizing the lives of the victims, and indirectly himself, to attract readers. He was shocked by the lack of sympathy expressed in various news stories:

{{Blockquote | I had long known that it was impossible for a journalist to convey 100 percent of the truth, but I didn't realize to what extent the truth is distorted, both by the intentions of the journalist and by neglect. I don't mean just the interpretations of what happened; I also mean the facts. The reporting about Sharon and the murders was virtually criminal. Reading the papers, I could not believe my eyes. I could not believe my eyes! They blamed the victims for their own murders. I really despise the press. I didn't always. The press made me despise it.<ref name="playboy" />}}

In 1989, Polanski married French actress [[Emmanuelle Seigner]]. They have two children, daughter [[Morgane Polanski|Morgane]] and son Elvis.<ref name="WTCIFTC" /> Polanski and his children speak Polish at home.<ref name="tvn24" />