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-{{Template}}'''Andrzej Wajda''' (born [[March 6]], [[1926]] in [[Suwałki]]) is a [[Poland|Polish]] [[film director]]. Recipient of an honorary [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], he is one of the most prominent members of the [[Polish Film School]].+{{Template}}
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 +'''Andrzej Wajda''' (6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a [[Polish film]] and theatre director. Recipient of a [[Honorary Oscar]] and the [[Palme d'Or]], he was possibly the most prominent member of the "[[Polish Film School]]". He was known especially for a trilogy of war films such as ''[[A Generation]]'' (1954), ''[[Kanał (film)|Kanał]]'' (1956) and ''[[Ashes and Diamonds (film)|Ashes and Diamonds]]'' (1958).
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 +Four of his films have been nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]: ''[[The Promised Land (1975 film)|The Promised Land]]'' (1975), ''[[The Maids of Wilko]]'' (1979), ''[[Man of Iron]]'' (1981), and ''[[Katyń (film)|Katyń]]'' (2007).
 +==Filmography==
 +* ''The Bad Boy'' (''Zły chłopiec'', 1951 short film)
 +* ''The Pottery at Ilza'' (''Ceramika ilzecka'', 1951 short film)
 +* ''While you are sleeping'' (''Kiedy ty śpisz'', 1953 short film)
 +* ''[[A Generation]]'' (''Pokolenie'', 1954)
 +* ''[[Towards the Sun (film)|Towards the Sun]]'' (''Idę do słońca'', documentary on [[Xawery Dunikowski]], 1955)
 +* ''[[Kanał]]'' (1956)
 +* ''[[Ashes and Diamonds (film)|Ashes and Diamonds]]'' (''Popiół i diament'' 1958)
 +* ''[[Lotna]]'' (1959)
 +* ''[[Innocent Sorcerers]]'' (''Niewinni czarodzieje'', 1960)
 +* ''[[Siberian Lady Macbeth]]'' (''Powiatowa lady Makbet'', 1961)
 +* ''[[Samson (1961 Polish film)|Samson]]'' (1961)
 +* ''[[Love at Twenty]]'' (''L'amour à vingt ans'', 1962)
 +* ''[[The Ashes (film)|The Ashes]]'' (''Popioly'', 1965)
 +* ''[[Everything for Sale]]'' (''Wszystko na sprzedaż'', 1968)
 +* ''Roly Poly'' (''Przekładaniec'', 1968)
 +* ''[[Gates to Paradise (film)|Gates to Paradise]]'' (''Bramy Raju'', 1968)
 +* ''[[Hunting Flies (1969 film)|Hunting Flies]]'' (''Polowanie na muchy'', 1969)
 +* ''[[The Birch Wood]]'' (''Brzezina'', 1970)
 +* ''[[Landscape After the Battle]]'' (''Krajobraz po bitwie'', 1970)
 +* ''[[Pilate and Others]]'' (''Pilatus und andere'', 1972)
 +* ''[[The Wedding (1972 film)|The Wedding]]'' (''Wesele'', 1973)
 +* ''[[The Promised Land (1975 film)|The Promised Land]]'' (''Ziemia obiecana'', 1974)
 +* ''[[The Shadow Line]]'' (''Smuga cienia'', 1976)
 +* ''[[Man of Marble]]'' (''Człowiek z marmuru'', 1977)
 +* ''[[Without Anesthesia]]'' aka ''Rough Treatment'' (''Bez znieczulenia'', 1978)
 +* ''[[The Maids of Wilko]]'' (''Panny z Wilka'', 1979)
 +* ''As years go by, as days go by'' (''Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni'', 1980 TV series)
 +* ''[[The Orchestra Conductor]]'' (''Dyrygent'', 1980)
 +* ''[[Man of Iron]]'' (''Człowiek z żelaza'', 1981)
 +* ''[[Danton (1983 film)|Danton]]'' (1983)
 +* ''[[A Love in Germany]]'' (''Eine Liebe in Deutschland'', 1983)
 +* ''[[A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents]]'' (''Kronika wypadków miłosnych'', 1985)
 +* ''[[The French as seen by...]]'' (''Proust contre la déchéance'', 1988)
 +* ''[[The Possessed (1988 film)|The Possessed]]'' (''Les possédes'', 1988)
 +* ''[[Korczak (film)|Korczak]]'' (1990)
 +* ''The Crowned-Eagle Ring'' (''Pierścionek z orłem w koronie'', 1992)
 +* ''[[Nastasja]]'' (1994)
 +* ''[[Holy Week (film)|Holy Week]]'' (''Wielki Tydzień'', 1995)
 +* ''[[Miss Nobody (1996 film)|Miss Nobody]]'' (''Panna Nikt'', 1996)
 +* ''[[Pan Tadeusz (film)|Pan Tadeusz]]'' (1999)
 +* ''Bigda idzie'' (''Bigda idzie!'', 1999 TV theatre)
 +* ''The Condemnation of Franciszek Klos'' (''Wyrok na Franciszka Kłosa'', 2000)
 +* ''June night'' (''Noc czerwcowa'', 2001 TV theatre)
 +* ''Broken Silence'' (''Przerwane milczenie'', 2002)
 +* ''[[The Revenge (film)|The Revenge]]'' (''Zemsta'', 2002)
 +* ''Man of Hope'' (''Czlowiek z nadziei'', 2005 short film)
 +* ''[[Katyń (film)|Katyń]]'' (2007)
 +* ''[[Tatarak|Sweet Rush]]'' (''Tatarak'', 2009)
 +* ''[[Walesa. Man of Hope]]'' (''Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei'', 2012)
 +* ''[[Afterimage (film)|Afterimage]]'' (2016)
 + 
 +==See also==
 +* [[Cinema of Poland]]
 +* [[List of Polish-language films]]
 +* [[Museum of Communism, Poland]]
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Andrzej Wajda (6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of a Honorary Oscar and the Palme d'Or, he was possibly the most prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for a trilogy of war films such as A Generation (1954), Kanał (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).

Four of his films have been 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).

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