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Andrzej Wajda

🎂 March 6, 1926 (100 years) 📍 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).

He passed away in 2016 at the age of 90.

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Details

Number of roles: 163
Birthday: March 6, 1926 (100 years)
Birthplace: Suwałki, Polska

Photos (2)

Filmography

Innocent Sorcerers

1960

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Filmography

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