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Andrzej Wajda

Born
Mar 6, 1926 · Aged 90
Died
Oct 9, 2016
Place of birth
Suwałki, Polska
Gender
Male
Movie credits
41
TV credits
2
Directing credits
68
Also known as (3)
  • Анджей Вайда
  • 安杰伊·瓦伊达
  • 안제이 바이다

Biography

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…