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 was 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.
Filmography:
Short films and TV productions:
1951 - The Bad Boy (Zły chłopiec) short film
1968 - Roly Poly (Przekładaniec)
1975 - The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) mini TV series
1980 - As years go by, as days go by (Z biegiem lat, z biegiem
dni), TV series
1988 - The French as seen by... (Proust contre la déchéance)
1996 - Moje notatki z historii (My History Notes) – documentary
TV series
2000 - The Condemnation of Franciszek Klos (Wyrok na Franciszka
Kłosa) – TV film
Documentary films:
1951 - The Pottery at Ilza (Ceramika ilzecka) short film
1955 - Towards the Sun (Idę do słońca)
1976 - Umarła klasa (Dead Class)
1977 - Zaproszenie do wnętrza (Invitation to the Inside, premiere:
1978)
1979 - Pogoda domu niechaj będzie z tob±... (May the Good
Weather Be with You, premiere: 1980)
1999 - Kredyt i debet (Credit and Debit) – TV documentary
2001 - Lekcja polskiego kina (A Lesson in Polish Cinema, premiere:
2002) - TV documentary
2001 – Pamiętam (I Remember, part of the American cycle Broken
Silence)
2004 - Jan Nowak-Jeziorański 60 lat póĽniej. 1944-2004 (Jan
Nowak Jeziorański 60 Years Later)
2010 - Kręć! Jak kochasz, to kręć! (If that's your passion,
roll the camera! )
2015 - Wróblewski według Wajdy / Wróblewski according to Wajda
Feature Films:
1954 - A Generation (Pokolenie)
1956 – Kanał (Sewer, premiere: 1957)
1958 - Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament)
1959 - Lotna
1960 - Innocent Sorcerers (Niewinni czarodzieje)
1961 - Samson
1961 - Siberian Lady Macbeth (Powiatowa lady Makbet, premiere:
1962)
1962 - Warsaw (Warszawa, an episode i the Love at Twenty film)
1965 - The Ashes (Popioły)
1967 - The Gates to Paradise (Bramy raju, premiere: 1968)
1968 - Everything for Sale (Wszystko na sprzedaż, premiere:
1969)
1969 - Hunting Flies (Polowanie na muchy) and Landscape After
the Battle (Krajobraz po bitwie)
1970 - The Birch Wood (Brzezina)
1971 - Pilate and Others (Pilatus und andere)
1972 - The Wedding (Wesele, premiere: 1973)
1974 - The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana, premiere: 1975)
1976 - The Shadow Line (Smuga cienia)
1976 - Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, premiere: 1977)
1978 - Without Anesthesia aka Rough Treatment (Bez znieczulenia)
1979 - The Maids of Wilko (Panny z Wilka)
1979 - The Orchestra Conductor (Dyrygent, premiere: 1980)
1981 - Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza)
1982 - Danton (premiere: 1983)
1983 - A Love in Germany (Eine Liebe in Deutschland, Polish
premiere: 1990)
1985 - A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (Kronika wypadków
miłosnych, premiere: 1986)
1987 - The Possessed (Les possédes, premiere: 1988)
1990 - Korczak
1992 - The Crowned-Eagle Ring (Pier¶cionek z orłem w koronie,
premiere: 1993)
1993 - Nastasja (premiere: 1994)
1995 - Holy Week (Wielki Tydzień)
1996 - Miss Nobody (Panna Nikt)
1999 - Pan Tadeusz
2002 - The Revenge (Zemsta)
2005 - Man of Hope (Człowiek z nadziei, short film)
2007 - Katyń
2008 - Sweet Rush (Tatarak, premiere: 2009)
2012 - Wałęsa. Man of Hope (Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei)
2016 - Afterimage
Copyright by Adam Mickiewicz Institute
