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Andrzej Witold Wajda ( Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, [1] the Palme d'Or, [2] as well as Honorary Golden Lion [3] and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School".
- 1951–2016
IMDb profile of Andrzej Wajda, the most prominent filmmaker in Poland and an Academy Award-winning director. Learn about his life, career, and works, from The Promised Land to Katyn, and his involvement in the Solidarity movement.
- January 1, 1
- Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland
- January 1, 1
- Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Apr 15, 2024 · Andrzej Wajda was a Polish director and screenwriter who was a leading figure in the “Polish film school,” a group of highly talented individuals whose works brought international recognition to their country’s post-World War II reality.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 10, 2016 · Andrzej Wajda, who mined Polish history to create films that established him as one of the world’s great directors and won him an Academy Award for his life’s work, died on Sunday. He was 90. His...
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Oct 10, 2016 · Andrzej Wajda obituary. Polish film director whose own experiences inspired his acclaimed 1950s war trilogy A Generation, Kanał and Ashes and Diamonds. Polish cinema burst upon the world in the...
- Ronald Bergan
Oct 13, 2016 · Andrzej Wajda, who died this week at age 90, was Poland’s greatest filmmaker, as well as a union activist, a supporter of dissidents and for a time a senator, but he was something more.
Andrzej Wajda is an Academy Award-winning director. He is the most prominent filmmaker in Poland known for The Promised Land (1975), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyn (2007). He was Born on March 6, 1926, in Suwalki, Poland.
