Director

Andrzej Wajda

March 6, 1926 · 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).

Often works with

Daniel Olbrychski
7 titles together
The Promised Land, The Last Days, The Revenge
Zbigniew Cybulski
4 titles together
Ashes and Diamonds, A Generation, Love at Twenty
Wojciech Pszoniak
4 titles together
Danton, The Promised Land, Korczak
Bogusław Linda
4 titles together
Danton, Man of Iron, Afterimage
Marek Kondrat
4 titles together
Danton, Man of Iron, The Last Days
Andrzej Seweryn
4 titles together
Man of Iron, The Promised Land, The Last Days

Full filmography · 63

Kill It and Leave This Town
as Old Man on the Train (voice)
20206.3
Afterimage
Director
20166.5
Wróblewski According to Wajda
Director
2016
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Director
20135.7
Makbet
Director and Writer
2010
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
Director and Writer
2010
Katyn: 60 Days on the Set
cast
2009
Katyn
Director
20076.7
The Revenge
Director
20025.7
The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos
Director and Writer
2000
Bigda is Coming!
Director
1999
The Last Days
Director
19995.5