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Andrzej Wajda

Polish film director (1926–2016)

  • Fame61.9
  • Momentum2.0
  • Wikipedia27.8K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1926–2016, aged 90
DirectorsMovie Director
  • Wikipedia
    69 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1926–2016
    Aged 90
  • Known for
    Katyn
    2007
Summary
Updated 2026-09-07

The Polish director who turned his country's occupation, uprisings, and betrayals into the language of international cinema — four Oscar nominations, a Palme d'Or, and an Honorary Oscar for work that made national trauma legible to the world.

Biography

About

Andrzej Wajda was born 6 March 1926 and became a prominent member of the "Polish Film School," first noticed for his war trilogy: A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957), and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). Those early films set the pattern — he chronicled Poland's political and social evolution through the myths of national identity, finding the universal in the Polish struggle to maintain dignity under impossible circumstances. Four films earned Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film: The Promised Land (1975), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyń (2007). He collect…

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Awards

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  • Annual award ACFK
  • honorary citizen of Gdańsk
  • European Film Academy Honorary Award
  • honorary citizen of Warsaw
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Fame
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61.9
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Momentum2.0
Historical25.0
Now attention5.4
Source confidence70.0
Completeness70.0
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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