Born: 6-Mar-1926
Birthplace: Suwalki, Poland
Died: 9-Oct-2016
Location of death: Warsaw, Poland
Cause of death: unspecified

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. 1940 Katyn massacre)
Mother: Aniela Wajda (teacher)
Wife: Beata Tyszkiewicz (div., 2 children)
Daughter: Karolina (b. 1967, to Tyszkiewicz)
Wife: Krystyna Zachwatowicz (m. 1972)

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

    Oscar (honorary) 2000
    Kyoto Prize 1987

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Katyn (17-Sep-2007)
    Korczak (6-May-1990)
    Danton (12-Jan-1983)
    A Love in Germany (1983)
    Man of Iron (2-May-1981)
    The Conductor (27-Feb-1980)
    The Young Ladies of Wilko (4-Sep-1979)
    Without Anesthesia (27-Nov-1978)
    Man of Marble (25-Feb-1977)
    Landscape After Battle (14-May-1970)
    Everything for Sale (28-Jan-1969)
    Love at Twenty (22-Jun-1962)
    Siberian Lady Macbeth (1961)
    Innocent Sorcerers (17-Dec-1960)
    Ashes and Diamonds (3-Oct-1958)
    Kanal (20-Apr-1957)
    A Generation (26-Jan-1955)

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