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Andrzej Wajda
Directing
06 Mar 1926
† 09 Oct 2016
Suwałki, Polska
Biography
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 Language Film: The Promised Land (1975), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyń (2007)....
Also Known As
Анджей Вайда, アンジェイ・ワイダ, 安杰伊·瓦伊达, 안제이 바이다






















