Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School.
He was born in Suwałki, Poland in the family of Polish POW murdered by Soviets in Katyn massacre. Since the truth was not acknowledged until 1989, his mother was waiting for the return of her husband for years.
His first three films were A Generation (1954), Kanal (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). The three films comprise a trilogy about the effects of World War II on Poland, and gained Wajda international acclaim.
Other well-known movies by Andrzej Wajda :
- Kanał
- Popiol i diament or Ashes And Diamonds
- Sibirska Ledi Magbet or Siberian Lady Macbeth
- Brzezina or The Birch Wood
- Krajobraz po bitwie or Landscape After the Battle
- Wesele or The Wedding
- Ziemia obiecana or The Promised Land
- Smuga cienia or The Line of Shadow
- Człowiek z marmuru or Man of Marble
- Bez znieczulenia or Rough Treatment
- Panny z Wilka or The Maids of Wilko
- Dyrygent or The Orchestra Conductor (1980)
- Człowiek z żelaza or Man of Iron (1981)
- Danton (1983)
- Panna Nikt or Miss Nothing (1996)
- Pan Tadeusz (1998)
Man of Iron won the prestigious Palme d'Or during 1981 edition of Cannes Film Festival. Three of Wajda's works, namely The Promised Land, The Maids of Wilko and Man of Iron gained Academy Award nominations for the best foreign language film. In 2000 he was awarded the Honorary Award by the A.M.P.A.S..
See also: Polish film history
