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Andrzej Wajda

Mar 06, 1926 - Oct 09, 2016 (90 years old) in 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.

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Known For

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Katyn: 60 Days on the Set
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Kira
Self
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Without Anesthesia
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)
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Polish School
Self
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Sweet Rush
Self
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Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self
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Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West
Self
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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Self (archive footage)
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About Cinema
Self
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Kill It and Leave This Town
Old Man on the Train (voice)

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