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Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

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
Directing
Born
Mar 6, 1926
Place of birth
Suwałki, Polska
Gender
Male
Credits
43 as cast · 122 as crew
Best known for
Spécial cinéma
Date of death
Oct 9, 2016
Popularity
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