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Andrzej Wajda
Wajda in 1963
Born
Andrzej Witold Wajda
(1926-03-06)6 March 1926
Suwałki, Second Polish Republic
Died
9 October 2016(2016-10-09) (aged 90)
Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater
National Film School in Łódź
Occupation(s)
Film director, theatre director
Years active
1951–2016
Spouses
Gabriela Obremba
(m. 1949; div. 1959)
Zofia Żuchowska
(m. 1959; div. 1967)
Beata Tyszkiewicz
(m. 1967; div. 1969)
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
(m. 1974)
Awards
Palme d'Or
Honorary Golden Bear
Honorary Oscar
Golden Lion Honorary Award
Signature
Andrzej Witold Wajda (Polish:[ˈandʐɛjˈvajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar,[1] the Palme d'Or,[2] as well as Honorary Golden Lion[3] and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).[4]
He is considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers,[5] whose works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution[6] and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity offering insightful analyses of the universal element of the Polish experience – the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances.
Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: The Promised Land (1975),[7]The Maids of Wilko (1979),[8]Man of Iron (1981) and Katyń (2007).[9]
^Kaufman, Michael T. (10 October 2016). "Andrzej Wajda, Towering Auteur of Polish Cinema, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^"Acclaimed Polish film director Andrzej Wajda dies aged 90". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^"Venice Film Festival to Honor Polish Auteur Andrzej Wajda". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^Natale, Richard (9 October 2016). "Andrzej Wajda, Celebrated Polish Director, Dies at 90". variety.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^"Andrzej Wajda". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^"Andrzej Wajda". Retrieved 11 June 2017.
^"The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^"The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^Etkind, Alexander; Finnin, Rory; Blacker, Uilleam; Fedor, Julie; Lewis, Simon; Mälksoo, Maria; Mroz, Matilda (24 April 2013). Remembering Katyn. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780745662961.
Andrzej Witold Wajda (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar,...
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1963. Among the most prominent representatives of the school are AndrzejWajda, Andrzej Munk and Jerzy Kawalerowicz. The group was under the heavy influence...
which she starred opposite Bruno Cremer. The same year, she starred in AndrzejWajda's Danton as Louison Danton, the young wife of revolutionary figure Georges...
directed by AndrzejWajda Warszawa 1905 roku (1955) Irena do domu! (1955) – directed by Jan Fethke Kanal (Kanał, 1956) – directed by AndrzejWajda Nikodem...
a translation of the title of Przekładaniec, a 1968 Polish film by AndrzejWajda Roly Poly, a 1969 TV episode of Thirty-Minute Theatre by BBC Television...
13 to 27 May 1981. The Palme d'Or went to the Człowiek z żelaza by AndrzejWajda. The festival opened with Three Brothers (Tre fratelli) by Francesco...
numerous films directed by AndrzejWajda, notably Without Anesthesia, The Promised Land and the Man of Iron. For his role in Wajda's 1980 Dyrygent Seweryn...
films and TV productions and is best known for leading roles in several AndrzejWajda movies including The Promised Land and also known for playing a defector...
Polish film directed by AndrzejWajda. It is based on the novel Pokolenie by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote the script. It was Wajda's first film and the opening...
do kina. In 2009, she played Halinka in Tatarak, a film directed by AndrzejWajda. Pietrucha appeared in regular roles in the television series Kochaj...
his first film which was the thriller Smuga cienia [pl] directed by AndrzejWajda adapted from the Joseph Conrad short novel The Shadow Line. He later...
by AndrzejWajda. She has worked with leading directors such as Agnieszka Holland, Krzysztof Zanussi, André Delvaux and former husband AndrzejWajda. Tyszkiewicz...
Kościesza, and wife of film director AndrzejWajda. Member of the Polish Film Academy. She is a co-founder (with AndrzejWajda) of Centre of Japanese Art and...
Lotna is a 1959 Polish war film directed by AndrzejWajda. This highly symbolic film is both the director's tribute to the long and glorious history of...
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