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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Born / DiedMar 6, 1926 (Died at 90)

Zodiac Sign♓Pisces

Place of BirthSuwałki, Polska

Career Span1948 – 2016

Known Credits93 Titles

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Andrzej Wajda

Also known as:Анджей Вайда安杰伊·瓦伊达안제이 바이다

Total Works

86 movies • 7 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

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Biography

Andrzej Wajda (March 6, 1926 – October 9, 2016) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrzej Wajda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Andrzej Wajda's career

8.6

Schindler's List

1993•movie

Role: Thanks

7.4

Ashes and Diamonds

1958•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Katyn

2007•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Danton

1983•movie

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 93 titles featuring Andrzej Wajda

8.6

Schindler's List

1993•movie

Role: Thanks

7.4

Ashes and Diamonds

1958•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Katyn

2007•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Danton

1983•movie

Role: Director

7.6

Kanal

1957•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Third Part of the Night

1972•movie

Role: Supervising Art Director

7.1

Man of Marble

1977•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Man of Iron

1981•movie

Role: Director

7.4

The Promised Land

1975•movie

Role: Screenplay

5.7

Wałesa: Man of Hope

2013•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Afterimage

2016•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Interrogation

1989•movie

Role: Producer

5.5

The Last Days

1999•movie

Role: Director

6.9

A Generation

1955•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Love at Twenty

1962•movie

Role: Director

7.7

Tokyo Olympiad

1965•movie

Role: Thanks

7.0

Innocent Sorcerers

1960•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

2012•movie

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

The Revenge

2002•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Sweet Rush

2009•movie

as Self

6.3

Kill It and Leave This Town

2020•movie

as Old Man on the Train (voice)

7.1

Korczak

1990•movie

Role: Director

6.6

The Maids of Wilko

1979•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Everything for Sale

1969•movie

Role: Director

7.3

The Wedding

1973•movie

Role: Director

5.6

The Possessed

1988•movie

Role: Screenplay

6.6

The Birch Wood

1970•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Landscape After Battle

1970•movie

Role: Director

5.3

Miss Nobody

1996•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Without Anesthesia

1978•movie

as TV Show Contestant (uncredited)

5.6

Hunting Flies

1969•movie

Role: Director

6.9

The French as Seen by…

1988•movie

Role: Director

6.2

The Conductor

1980•movie

Role: Director

6.7

The Ashes

1965•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Roly Poly

1968•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Siberian Lady Macbeth

1962•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

1986•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Gates to Paradise

1968•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Lotna

1959•movie

Role: Writer

4.4

The Ring with a Crowned Eagle

1993•movie

Role: Director

5.4

The Pottery at Ilza

1951•movie

Role: Writer

4.8

Samson

1961•movie

Role: Director

5.6

Holy Week

1996•movie

Role: Director

6.2

While You Are Asleep

1953•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Screen Tests

1977•movie

as Andrzej Wajda

5.5

A Love in Germany

1983•movie

Role: Director

6.4

The Shadow-Line

1976•movie

Role: Director

6.4

The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos

2000•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Ziemia obiecana

1978•series

Role: Writer

7.1

Screen Two

1985•series

Role: Director

5.9

Primo Levi's Journey

2006•movie

as Self

8.2

About Cinema

2015•movie

as Self

4.7

The Bad Boy

1951•movie

Role: Director

5.7

I Walk in the Sun

1955•movie

Role: Writer

6.2

The Dead Class

1977•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Pilate and Others

1972•movie

as Reporter (uncredited)

6.4

Nastazja

1994•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Five Boys from Barska Street

1954•movie

Role: Assistant Director

3.8

Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka

1971•movie

Role: Supervising Art Director

5.7

Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki

2014•movie

as Self

7.7

Sommer '39

2009•movie

as Self

7.0

Broken Silence

2002•series

Role: Director

3.0

Theatre Macabre

1971•series

Role: Adaptation

6.0

Wajda by Wajda

2016•movie

as Self - Filmmaker

9.5

1 eps

Spécial cinéma

1974•series

as Self

5.0

Three Stories

1953•movie

Role: Writer

7.0

Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto

2019•movie

Role: Co-Director

7.0

Signed: Andrzej Wajda

1989•movie

as Self

6.0

Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic

2012•movie

as Self

5.0

Andrzej Wajda: Let's Shoot!

2009•movie

as Self

4.0

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

2018•movie

as Self

10.0

Aktorka

2015•movie

as Self

9.0

1 eps

Bambi

1948•series

as Self

5.0

Bigda is Coming!

1999•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Signs on the Road

1970•movie

Role: Supervising Art Director

10.0

Mateo Falcone

1971•movie

Role: Supervising Art Director

7.0

As the Years Go By, As the Days Go By...

1980•series

Role: Director

On The Set

1968•movie

as Self

Kira

2003•movie

as Self

Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations

2017•movie

as Self

Komeda, Komeda...

2012•movie

as Self

Katyn: 60 Days on the Set

2009•movie

Political Dress

2011•movie

as Self

We Film the People!

2013•movie

as Self

Demons Years Later

2013•movie

as Self

Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds

2005•movie

as Himself

I Dreamed the Future

2026•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Macbeth

2010•movie

Role: Director

Wróblewski According to Wajda

2016•movie

Role: Screenplay

Makbet

1969•movie

Role: Director

November Night

1978•movie

Role: Director

Crime and Punishment

1987•movie

Role: Director

Swimming Lesson

1970•movie

Role: Director