Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

Known for
Directing
Born
March 6, 1926
Died
October 9, 2016 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Suwałki, Polska

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 article Andrzej Wajda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

2019
Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto poster

Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto

Movie · Co-Director

2017
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations poster

Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations

Movie · Director

2016
Afterimage poster

Afterimage

Movie · Director

2016
Wróblewski According to Wajda poster

Wróblewski According to Wajda

Movie · Director

2013
Wałesa: Man of Hope poster

Wałesa: Man of Hope

Movie · Director

2013
Demons Years Later poster

Demons Years Later

Movie · Director

2010
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!

Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!

Movie · Director

2010
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · Director

2009
Sweet Rush poster

Sweet Rush

Movie · Director

2007
Katyn poster

Katyn

Movie · Director

2005
Solidarność, Solidarność...

Solidarność, Solidarność...

Movie · Director

2004
Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw

Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw

Movie · Director

2002
The Lessons of Polish Cinema

The Lessons of Polish Cinema

Movie · Director

2002
The Revenge poster

The Revenge

Movie · Director

2002
Broken Silence poster

Broken Silence

TV · Director · 1 ep

2000
The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos poster

The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos

Movie · Director

1999
The Last Days poster

The Last Days

Movie · Director

1999
Bigda is Coming! poster

Bigda is Coming!

Movie · Director

1999
Credit and debit. Andrzej Wajda about himself

Credit and debit. Andrzej Wajda about himself

Movie · Director

1996
Miss Nobody poster

Miss Nobody

Movie · Director

1996
Holy Week poster

Holy Week

Movie · Director

1994
Nastazja poster

Nastazja

Movie · Director

1993
The Ring with a Crowned Eagle poster

The Ring with a Crowned Eagle

Movie · Director

1992
Schuld und Sühne

Schuld und Sühne

Movie · Director

1990
Korczak poster

Korczak

Movie · Director

1988
The Possessed poster

The Possessed

Movie · Director

1988
The French as Seen by… poster

The French as Seen by…

Movie · Director

1988
Proust Against Decline

Proust Against Decline

Movie · Director

1987
Crime and Punishment poster

Crime and Punishment

Movie · Director

1986
Chronicle of Amorous Accidents poster

Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

Movie · Director

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · Director · 1 ep

1983
Danton poster

Danton

Movie · Director

1983
A Love in Germany poster

A Love in Germany

Movie · Director

1981
Man of Iron poster

Man of Iron

Movie · Director

1980
The Conductor poster

The Conductor

Movie · Director

1980
As the Years Go By, As the Days Go By... poster

As the Years Go By, As the Days Go By...

TV · Director · 8 eps

1979
Pogoda domu niechaj będzie z Tobą...

Pogoda domu niechaj będzie z Tobą...

Movie · Director

1979
The Maids of Wilko poster

The Maids of Wilko

Movie · Director

1978
Without Anesthesia poster

Without Anesthesia

Movie · Director

1978
November Night poster

November Night

Movie · Director

1978
Ziemia obiecana poster

Ziemia obiecana

TV · Director · 4 eps

1977
Man of Marble poster

Man of Marble

Movie · Director

1977
The Dead Class poster

The Dead Class

Movie · Director

1976
The Shadow-Line poster

The Shadow-Line

Movie · Director

1975
The Promised Land poster

The Promised Land

Movie · Director

1973
The Wedding poster

The Wedding

Movie · Director

1972
Pilate and Others poster

Pilate and Others

Movie · Director

1970
Landscape After Battle poster

Landscape After Battle

Movie · Director

1970
The Birch Wood poster

The Birch Wood

Movie · Director

1970
Swimming Lesson poster

Swimming Lesson

Movie · Director

1969
Hunting Flies poster

Hunting Flies

Movie · Director

1969
Everything for Sale poster

Everything for Sale

Movie · Director

1969
Makbet poster

Makbet

Movie · Director

1968
Roly Poly poster

Roly Poly

Movie · Director

1968
Gates to Paradise poster

Gates to Paradise

Movie · Director

1965
The Ashes poster

The Ashes

Movie · Director

1962
Love at Twenty poster

Love at Twenty

Movie · Director

1962
Siberian Lady Macbeth poster

Siberian Lady Macbeth

Movie · Director

1962
Interview with Ballmeyer

Interview with Ballmeyer

Movie · Director

1961
Samson poster

Samson

Movie · Director

1960
Innocent Sorcerers poster

Innocent Sorcerers

Movie · Director

1959
Lotna poster

Lotna

Movie · Director

1958
Ashes and Diamonds poster

Ashes and Diamonds

Movie · Director

1957
Kanal poster

Kanal

Movie · Director

1955
A Generation poster

A Generation

Movie · Director

1955
I Walk in the Sun poster

I Walk in the Sun

Movie · Director

1954
Five Boys from Barska Street poster

Five Boys from Barska Street

Movie · Assistant Director

1953
While You Are Asleep poster

While You Are Asleep

Movie · Director

1951
The Pottery at Ilza poster

The Pottery at Ilza

Movie · Director

1951
The Bad Boy poster

The Bad Boy

Movie · Director

1951
Muzeum Oświęcimskie

Muzeum Oświęcimskie

Movie · Assistant Director