Andrzej Wajda

Born: 1926-03-06, Suwałki, Polska

Died: 2016-10-09

Biography

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). He passed away in 2016 at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrzej Wajda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Screen Two (1985)
• Popiół i diament (1958)
• Ceramika iłżecka (1951)
• Les Possédés (1988)
• Kanał (1957)
• Katyń (2007)
• Powidoki (2016)
• Zdjęcia próbne (1977)
• Danton (1983)
• Les Français vus par (1988)
• Pan Tadeusz (1999)
• Zemsta (2002)
• Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei (2013)
• Makbet (2010)
• Panna Nikt (1996)
• Wróblewski według Wajdy (2016)
• Niewinni czarodzieje (1960)
• Wszystko na sprzedaż (1969)
• Nastazja (1994)
• Noc listopadowa (1978)
• Zły chłopiec (1951)
• Ziemia obiecana (1975)
• L'Amour à vingt ans (1962)
• Korczak (1990)
• Eine Liebe in Deutschland (1983)
• Lekcja pływania (1970)
• Andrzej Wajda: Moje inspiracje (2017)
• Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (2020)
• Sibirska Ledi Magbet (1962)
• Brzezina (1970)