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Andrzej Wajda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Director: Katyn. Andrzej Wajda was born on March 6, 1926, in Suwalki, Poland. He described... Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, Bio, News, Awards, Agent, Fan Sites. ... Andrzej Wajda More at IMDbPro »...
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Movies, bibliography, life, theatre productions and drawings. ... Four of Andrzej Wajda's works (The Promised Land, The Maids of Wilko, Man of Iron, and Katyn) have been nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for best foreign language film.
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WAJDA, Andrzej - Polish film and theatrical director; born March 6th 1926 in Suwalki; son of Jakub Wajda and Aniela Wajda; ... Ed. Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow; National Film nad Theatre School, Lodz; ... Film Director since 1954.
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Special Jury Award for the Director-Operator Team (Andrzej Wajda - Witold Sobocinski) at the 8th CAMERIMAGE Festival in Lodz; title of Cracow's Honorary Citizen of 1999 for "emotions sparked off by his films"; The Gazeta Krakowska plebiscite's Man of the Year 1999 title;
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In 1999, Polish director Andrzej Wajda received an Honorary Academy Award for his body of work: more than thirty-five feature films, beginning with A Generation in 1955. Wajda’s next film, Kanal, the first ever made about the Warsaw Uprising, won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and launched Wajda on the path...
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