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Director
Andrzej Wajda
- Born March 6, 1926 in Suwałki, Polska
- Died October 9, 2016
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).
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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
Schindler's List1993
Ashes and Diamonds1958
Katyn2007
Danton1983
Kanal1957
The Third Part of the Night1972
Man of Iron1981
Man of Marble1977
Filmography
- TBAWajdaFilmSelf (archive footage)
- TBAAn old beggar with a hurdy-gurdyFilmSelf
- TBAEvery touch leaves a trace. Alina SzapocznikowFilm
- 2026I Dreamed the FutureFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Kill It and Leave This TownFilmOld Man on the Train (voice)
- 2019Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the GhettoFilmCo-Director
- 2018Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian BorowczykFilmSelf
- 2017Andrzej Wajda: My InspirationsFilmSelf, Director
- 2016AfterimageFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2016Wajda by WajdaFilmSelf - Filmmaker
- 2016Wróblewski According to WajdaFilmScreenplay, Director
- 2015About CinemaFilmSelf
- 2015AktorkaFilmSelf
- 2014Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof PendereckiFilmSelf
- 2013Wałesa: Man of HopeFilmDirector
- 2013We Film the People!FilmSelf
- 2013Demons Years LaterFilmSelf, Director
- 2012Roman Polanski: A Film MemoirFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Samosiuk. The Independent Film RepublicFilmSelf
- 2012Cegła i inne nagrody filmoweFilmSelf
- 2012Komeda, Komeda...FilmSelf
- 2011Political DressFilmSelf
- 2010Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!FilmDirector, Writer
- 2010MacbethFilmDirector, Writer
- 2009Sweet RushFilmSelf, Screenplay, Director
- 2009Sommer '39FilmSelf
- 2009Andrzej Wajda: Let's Shoot!FilmSelf
- 2009I Have Lived Seventeen TimesFilmSelf
- 2009Katyn: 60 Days on the SetFilm
- 2008Andrzej Wajda ogląda "Popiół i diament"FilmSelf
- 2007KatynFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2006Primo Levi's JourneyFilmSelf
- 2005Solidarność, Solidarność...FilmSelf, Director, Writer
- 2005Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and DiamondsFilmHimself
- 2004Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from WarsawFilmSelf - Interviewer, Director
- 2004Jaki jest z bliskaFilmSelf
- 2003Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the WestFilmSelf
- 2003KiraFilmSelf
- 2002The RevengeFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2002Broken SilenceSeriesDirector
- 2002The Lessons of Polish CinemaFilmSelf, Director
- 2000The Judgement Of Franciszek KłosFilmDirector, Writer
- 2000In the Shadow of HollywoodFilmThanks
- 2000Last PicturesFilmSelf
- 1999The Last DaysFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1999Bigda is Coming!FilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1999Credit and debit. Andrzej Wajda about himselfFilmSelf, Director
- 1997Polish SchoolFilmSelf
- 1996Miss NobodyFilmDirector
- 1996Holy WeekFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1994NastazjaFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1993Schindler's ListFilmThanks
- 1993The Ring with a Crowned EagleFilmDirector, Writer
- 1992Schuld und SühneFilmDirector
- 1992Tren na śmierć cenzoraFilmSelf
- 1990KorczakFilmDirector
- 1989InterrogationFilmProducer, Executive Producer
- 1989Signed: Andrzej WajdaFilmSelf
- 1988The PossessedFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1988The French as Seen by…FilmDirector
- 1988Proust Against DeclineFilmDirector
- 1987Crime and PunishmentFilmDirector, Writer
- 1986Chronicle of Amorous AccidentsFilmDirector, Writer
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesDirector
- 1983DantonFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1983A Love in GermanyFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1981Man of IronFilmDirector
- 1980The ConductorFilmDirector
- 1980As the Years Go By, As the Days Go By...SeriesDirector, Creator
- 1979The Maids of WilkoFilmDirector
- 1979Pogoda domu niechaj będzie z Tobą...FilmDirector
- 1978Without AnesthesiaFilmTV Show Contestant (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
- 1978Ziemia obiecanaSeriesDirector, Writer
- 1978November NightFilmDirector
- 1977Man of MarbleFilmDirector
- 1977Screen TestsFilmAndrzej Wajda
- 1977The Dead ClassFilmDirector, Writer
- 1976The Shadow-LineFilmDirector, Writer
- 1975The Promised LandFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1974Spécial cinémaSeriesSelf