Andrzej Wajda
Person
1
Popularity
34
Credits
1926
Born
Polska
Origin
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.
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1926-03-06
Place of Birth
Suwałki, Polska
Died
2016-10-09
Also Known As
Анджей Вайда, アンジェイ・ワイダ, 安杰伊·瓦伊达
