Roman Polanski expresses gratitude to Hollywood

Roman Polanski has expressed his gratitude to Hollywood, despite being exiled from America.

The filmmaker was honoured at the 75th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, winning the Best Director trophy for his harrowing semi-autobiographical Holocaust drama, The Pianist. But he wasn’t on hand to collect his first statuette, since he’s a fugitive from the United States for having sex with a 13-year-old girl more than 25 years ago.