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Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej WajdaBorn: 6-Mar-1926
Birthplace: Suwalki, Poland

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: Poland
Executive summary: The Promised Land

Father: Jakub Wajda (Polish infantry captain, d. 1939 Katyn massacre)
Mother: Aniela Wajda (teacher)
Wife: Beata Tyszkiewicz (div., 2 children)
Daughter: Karolina (b. 1967, to Tyszkiewicz)
Wife: Krystyna Zachwatowicz (m. 1972)

    University: Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow
    University: National Film School, Lodz, Poland (1950-54)

    Oscar (honorary) 2000
    Kyoto Prize 1987

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Korczak (6-May-1990)
    Danton (12-Jan-1983)



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