Andrzej Wajda

Also known as Andrzej Witold Wajda

Polish film director (1926–2016)

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Andrzej Wajda was a Polish film director who lived from 1926 to 2016 and became one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century. His work is important because he shaped Polish cinema and international film through his distinctive storytelling style during a transformative period in European history.

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Born: 1926
Works: 47

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Cendres et diamant
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Directing · Suwałki, Polska

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…

Known for

Kill It and Leave This Town — Old Man on the Train (voice)2020
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk — Self2018
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations — Self2017
Wajda by Wajda — Self - Filmmaker2016
About Cinema — Self2015
Aktorka — Self2015

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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, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).

Considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers, his works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity, offering analysis of the universal element of the Polish experience – the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances.