Person
Andrzej Wajda
Actor · Director · Writer· 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.
Filmography
64 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kill It and Leave This Town | Old Man on the Train (voice) | Film |
| 2016 | Wajda by Wajda | Self - Filmmaker | Film |
| 2013 | Demons Years Later | Self | Film |
| 2013 | Demons Years Later | Director | Film |
| 2013 | Wałesa: Man of Hope | Director | Film |
| 2012 | Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2012 | Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Sweet Rush | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Sommer '39 | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Sweet Rush | Director | Film |
| 2007 | Katyn | Director | Film |
| 2006 | Primo Levi's Journey | Self | Film |
| 2005 | Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds | Himself | Film |
| 2005 | Solidarność, Solidarność... | Director | Film |
| 2005 | Solidarność, Solidarność... | Writer | Film |
| 2002 | The Revenge | Director | Film |
| 2000 | Last Pictures | Self | Film |
| 2000 | The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos | Director | Film |
| 2000 | The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos | Writer | Film |
| 1999 | The Last Days | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Miss Nobody | Director | Film |
| 1995 | Holy Week | Director | Film |
| 1994 | Nastazja | Director | Film |
| 1992 | The Ring with a Crowned Eagle | Director | Film |
| 1992 | The Ring with a Crowned Eagle | Writer | Film |
| 1990 | Korczak | Director | Film |
| 1989 | Interrogation | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1988 | The Possessed | Director | Film |
| 1988 | Proust Against Decline | Director | Film |
| 1983 | Danton | Director | Film |
| 1983 | A Love in Germany | Director | Film |
| 1981 | Man of Iron | Director | Film |
| 1980 | The Conductor | Director | Film |
| 1979 | The Maids of Wilko | Director | Film |
| 1978 | Without Anesthesia | Director | Film |
| 1978 | November Night | Director | Film |
| 1977 | The Dead Class | Director | Film |
| 1977 | Man of Marble | Director | Film |
| 1977 | The Dead Class | Writer | Film |
| 1975 | The Promised Land | Director | Film |
| 1973 | The Wedding | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Pilate and Others | Reporter (uncredited) | Film |
| 1972 | Pilate and Others | Director | Film |
| 1970 | Landscape After Battle | Director | Film |
| 1970 | The Birch Wood | Director | Film |
| 1970 | Swimming Lesson | Director | Film |
| 1970 | Swimming Lesson | Writer | Film |
| 1969 | Hunting Flies | Director | Film |
| 1969 | Everything for Sale | Director | Film |
| 1968 | Gates to Paradise | Director | Film |
| 1968 | Roly Poly | Director | Film |
| 1965 | The Ashes | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Love at Twenty | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Interview with Ballmeyer | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Siberian Lady Macbeth | Director | Film |
| 1961 | Samson | Director | Film |
| 1960 | Innocent Sorcerers | Director | Film |
| 1959 | Lotna | Director | Film |
| 1959 | Lotna | Writer | Film |
| 1958 | Ashes and Diamonds | Director | Film |
| 1957 | Kanal | Director | Film |
| 1955 | A Generation | Director | Film |
| 1951 | The Pottery at Ilza | Director | Film |
| 1951 | The Pottery at Ilza | Writer | Film |
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