Andrzej Wajda

His first three films were A Generation[?] (1954), Kanal[?] (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds[?] (1958). The three films comprise a trilogy about the effects of World War II on Poland, and gained Wajda international acclaim.

He was born in Suwalki[?], Poland.

Other well-known movies by Andrzej Wajda :

• Brzezina The Birch Wood[?]
• Krajobraz po bitwie Landscape After the Battle[?]
• Wesele The Wedding[?]
• Ziemia obiecana The Promised Land[?]
• Smuga cienia The Line of Shadow[?]
• Czlowiek z marmuru The Man of Marble[?]
• Bez znieczulenia Rough Treatment[?]
• Panny z Wilka The Maids from Wilko[?]
• Dyrygent The Orchestra Conductor[?] (1980)
• Czlowiek z zelaza The Man of Iron[?] (1981)
• Danton (1983)
• Panna Nikt Miss Nothing[?] (1996)
• Pan Tadeusz (1998)

In 2000 he was awarded the Honorary Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

See also: Polish film history

External links

• Andrzej Wajda's official website (http://www.wajda.pl/en/Default)