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 Andrzej Wajda |
Born 1926, film and theatre director, screenwriter and set designer, founder of the Polish film school. In 1997 he became a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts in place of the deceased Federico Fellini, and in 2000 he won the Oscar for his entire artistic work. Several universities in Poland and abroad have conferred honorary doctorates (honoris causa) on Andrzej Wajda. He was decorated with the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta and the French Legion of Honour. A. Wajda received the Kyoto Prize awarded by the Japanese Inamori Fund. The director received numerous awards at festivals held both in Poland and abroad; in addition to the Oscar, he was awarded at the International Film Festival in Moscow for his film BIRCH WOOD (1971); received Grand Prix at the Festival of Polish Feature Films in Gdynia for PROMISED LAND (1975); the Golden Palm of the Cannes Festival in 1981 went to Wajda's MAN OF IRON; while the French Academy of Film Arts presented its Cezar to Wajda's DANTON. The jury of the International Film Festival in Cannes awarded a special prize to A. Wajda for KORCZAK. One of Poland's most outstanding directors, Andrzej Wajda is the master of the scene, he can describe the most dramatic situation in a single scene, each frame of his film represents an unusual composition filled with meanings. The plots of Wajda's masterpieces are most frequently based on the Polish nation's most dramatic experiences. Andrzej Wajda's greatest film contributions:
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