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Andrzej Wajda

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School" (active circa 1955 to 1963). He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanał (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). Four of his movies have been 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrzej Wajda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    


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Born:
Mar 6, 1926 In Suwałki, Poland
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie I Have Lived Seventeen Times
Latest Project:
Movie Kill It and Leave This Town 2021-03-02
Known For
Poster of Kill It and Leave This Town
Poster of Wajda by Wajda
Poster of Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw
Poster of Kira
Filmography
Movie I Have Lived Seventeen Times Self 2025
Movie Kill It and Leave This Town Old Man on the Train (voice) 2021-03-02
Movie Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk Self 2018-05-18
Movie Wajda by Wajda Self - Filmmaker 2016-12-03
Movie About Cinema Self 2015-09-15
Movie Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki Self 2014-05-27
Movie Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir Self (archive footage) 2012-10-09
Movie Komeda, Komeda... Self 2012-09-28
Movie Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic Self 2012-10-01
Movie Sweet Rush Self 2009-04-23
Movie Primo Levi's Journey Self 2006-09-12
Movie Solidarność, Solidarność... Self 2005-08-31
Movie Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw Self - Interviewer 2004-12-31
Movie Kira Self 2003-06-15
Movie Last Pictures Self 2000-01-02
Movie Tren na śmierć cenzora Self 1992-01-01
Movie Without Anesthesia TV Show Contestant (uncredited) 1978-11-27
Movie Screen Tests Andrzej Wajda 1977-05-16
Movie Pilate and Others Reporter (uncredited) 1972-03-29
Series Bambi Awards himself 1948-01-01