Andrzej Wajda

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.    

Known For

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

as Self (archive footage)

Sweet Rush

as Self

Kill It and Leave This Town

as Old Man on the Train (voice)

Without Anesthesia

as TV Show Contestant (uncredited)

Primo Levi's Journey

as Self

About Cinema

as Self

Screen Tests

as Andrzej Wajda

Pilate and Others

as Reporter (uncredited)

Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki

as Self

Wajda by Wajda

as Self - Filmmaker