Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda (March 6, 1926 – October 9, 2016) 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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1926-03-06 · Suwałki, Polska
- Died
- 2016-10-09
Known for
- Schindler's List (1993) — Thanks
- Ashes and Diamonds (1958) — Director
- Katyn (2007) — Director
- Danton (1983) — Director
- Kanal (1957) — Director
- The Third Part of the Night (1972) — Supervising Art Director
- Man of Marble (1977) — Director
- Man of Iron (1981) — Director
- The Promised Land (1975) — Screenplay
- Wałesa: Man of Hope (2013) — Director
- Afterimage (2016) — Director
- Interrogation (1989) — Producer
- The Last Days (1999) — Director
- A Generation (1955) — Director
- Love at Twenty (1962) — Director
- Tokyo Olympiad (1965) — Thanks