Andrzej Wajda
Known for DirectingBorn 1926-03-06 — died 2016-10-09Suwałki, Polska
Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926) was a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he was possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School" (active circa 1955 to 1963). He was known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanał (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).
Four of his movies were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: The Promised Land (1975), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyń (2007).
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He passed away in 2016 at the age of 90.
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Known for
Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds
2005 · as Himself
Aktorka
2015 · as Self
Political Dress
2011 · as Self
Screen Tests
1977 · as Andrzej Wajda
Wajda
as Self (archive footage)
Sommer '39
2009 · as Self
Primo Levi's Journey
2006 · as Self
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2018 · as Self
On The Set
1968 · as Self
Komeda, Komeda...
2012 · as Self
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations
2017 · as Self
Sweet Rush
2009 · as Self
Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki
2014 · as Self
Demons Years Later
2013 · as Self
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012 · as Self (archive footage)
Kill It and Leave This Town
2020 · as Old Man on the Train (voice)
Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic
2012 · as Self
Without Anesthesia
1978 · as TV Show Contestant (uncredited)