Andrzej Wajda
Directing·March 6, 1926·† October 9, 2016 — 90 years old·Suwałki, Polska
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.
Known For
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—WajdaSelf (archive footage)—An old beggar with a hurdy-gurdySelf2020Kill It and Leave This TownOld Man on the Train (voice)2019Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the GhettoCo-Director2018Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian BorowczykSelf2017Andrzej Wajda: My InspirationsSelf · Director2016Wajda by WajdaSelf - Filmmaker2016AfterimageDirector · Screenplay2016Wróblewski According to WajdaScreenplay · Director2015AktorkaSelf2015About CinemaSelf2014Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof PendereckiSelf2013We Film the People!Self2013Wałesa: Man of HopeDirector2013Demons Years LaterSelf · Director2012Roman Polanski: A Film MemoirSelf (archive footage)2012Komeda, Komeda...Self2012Samosiuk. The Independent Film RepublicSelf2012Cegła i inne nagrody filmoweSelf2011Political DressSelf2010MakbetDirector · Writer2010Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!Director · Writer2009Andrzej Wajda: Let's Shoot!Self2009Katyn: 60 Days on the Set2009Sommer '39Self2009Sweet RushSelf · Screenplay · Director2009I Have Lived Seventeen TimesSelf2008Andrzej Wajda ogląda "Popiół i diament"Self2007KatynDirector · Screenplay2006Primo Levi's JourneySelf2005Solidarność, Solidarność...Self · Director · Writer2005Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and DiamondsHimself2004Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from WarsawSelf - Interviewer · Director2004Jaki jest z bliskaSelf2003Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the WestSelf2003KiraSelf2002The RevengeDirector · Screenplay2002Broken SilenceTVDirector2002The Lessons of Polish CinemaSelf · Director2000The Judgement Passed on Franciszek KlosDirector · Writer2000Last PicturesSelf2000In the Shadow of HollywoodThanks1999Credit and debit. Andrzej Wajda about himselfSelf · Director1999Bigda is Coming!Director · Screenplay1999The Last DaysDirector · Screenplay1997Polish SchoolSelf1996Miss NobodyDirector1995Holy WeekDirector · Screenplay1994NastazjaDirector · Screenplay1993Schindler's ListThanks1992Schuld und SühneDirector1992The Ring with a Crowned EagleDirector · Writer1992Tren na śmierć cenzoraSelf1990KorczakDirector1989InterrogationProducer · Executive Producer1989Signed: Andrzej WajdaSelf1988The French as Seen by…Director1988The PossessedScreenplay · Director1988Proust Against DeclineDirector1987Crime and PunishmentDirector · Writer1986Chronicle of Amorous AccidentsDirector · Writer1985Screen TwoTVDirector1983A Love in GermanyScreenplay · Director1983DantonDirector · Screenplay1981Man of IronDirector1980As the Days Come and the Days GoTVDirector1980The ConductorDirector1979The Maids of WilkoDirector1979Pogoda domu niechaj będzie z Tobą...Director1978Without AnesthesiaTV Show Contestant (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay1978Ziemia obiecanaTVWriter · Director1978November NightDirector1977Screen TestsAndrzej Wajda1977Man of MarbleDirector1977The Dead ClassDirector · Writer1976The Shadow-LineDirector · Writer1975The Promised LandScreenplay · Director1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf1973The WeddingDirector1972Pilate and OthersReporter (uncredited) · Screenplay · Production Design · Costume Design · Director1972The Third Part of the NightSupervising Art Director1971Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczykaSupervising Art Director1971Mateo FalconeSupervising Art Director1971Theatre MacabreTVAdaptation1971First LoveScreenplay1970The Birch WoodDirector · Screenplay1970Landscape After BattleDirector · Screenplay1970Swimming LessonDirector · Writer1970Signs on the RoadSupervising Art Director1969Hunting FliesDirector1969MakbetDirector1969Everything for SaleDirector · Screenplay1968Gates to ParadiseDirector1968Roly PolyDirector1968On The SetSelf1965The AshesDirector1965Tokyo OlympiadThanks1962Siberian Lady MacbethDirector1962Love at TwentyDirector1961SamsonDirector · Screenplay1960Innocent SorcerersDirector1959LotnaWriter · Director1958Ashes and DiamondsDirector · Screenplay1957KanalDirector1955A GenerationDirector1955I Walk in the SunWriter · Director1954Five Boys from Barska StreetAssistant Director1953Three StoriesWriter1953While You Are AsleepDirector · Writer1951The Pottery at IlzaDirector · Writer1951The Bad BoyDirector · Writer1951Muzeum OświęcimskieAssistant Director1948BambiTVSelf