Andrzej Wajda

Director

Born: March 6, 1926 (90 years old)

Died: October 9, 2016

Place of birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrzej Wajda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Filmography (54)

• About Cinema (2015, ★ 8.2)
• Schindler's List (1993, ★ 8.6)
• Ziemia obiecana (1978, ★ 8)
• Man of Iron (1981, ★ 7)
• Man of Marble (1977, ★ 7)
• The Promised Land (1975, ★ 7.3)
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958, ★ 7.4)
• Kanal (1957, ★ 7.7)
• A Generation (1955, ★ 7)
• Korczak (1990, ★ 7)
• Interrogation (1989, ★ 7.1)
• Innocent Sorcerers (1960, ★ 7)
• The Wedding (1973, ★ 7.3)
• Roly Poly (1968, ★ 6.9)
• Tokyo Olympiad (1965, ★ 7.7)
• The French as Seen by… (1988, ★ 6.9)
• The Third Part of the Night (1972, ★ 7)
• Primo Levi's Journey (2006, ★ 5.9)
• Without Anesthesia (1978, ★ 6.7)
• Screen Tests (1977, ★ 5.9)
• Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012, ★ 6.5)
• Sweet Rush (2009, ★ 6.3)
• Kill It and Leave This Town (2020, ★ 6.4)
• Danton (1983, ★ 6.8)
• Love at Twenty (1962, ★ 6.7)
• Katyn (2007, ★ 6.7)
• The Maids of Wilko (1979, ★ 6.6)
• The Ashes (1965, ★ 6.5)
• The Birch Wood (1970, ★ 6.5)
• Afterimage (2016, ★ 6.5)