Andrzej Wajda

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Andrzej Wajda


Born
in Suwałki, Poland
March 06, 1926

Died
October 09, 2016

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Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926 in Suwałki) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School. A major figure of world and Central European cinema after World War II, Wajda made his reputation as a sensitive and uncompromising chronicler of his country's political and social evolution.

He is currently listed as the 97th greatest director of all-time by film website They Shoot Pictures Don't They[1], with four of his movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Wajda became interested in the visual arts when working as assistant to a restorer of old church paintings in Radom. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, then film
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Un Cine Llamado Deseo

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WAJDA ON FILM: A MASTER'S N...

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Kino i reszta świata

3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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Ashes and diamonds. Kanal. ...

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Katyn

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Dostojewski--teatr sumienia...

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Andrzej Wajda - Moje Filmy

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Wajda Films

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Wajda: [entretiens avec] Je...

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O polityce, o sztuce, o sobie

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“(...) a director should tell a story that is close to his own existential experience.”
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