Andrzej Wajda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrzej Wajda

Polish film director

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Suwałki, Congress Poland, Poland

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2016

Profession: screenwriter, politician, television director, film director, film producer, theater director

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Andrzej Witold Wajda (Polish: ['and??j 'vajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director.
Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School".
He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1954), Kanal (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).He is considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers whose works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity offering insightful analyses of the universal element of the Polish experience - the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances. 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 Katyn (2007).