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Andrzej Wajda
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Andrzej Wajda

1926 – 2016 · aged 90

Polish film director (1926–2016)

Born
6 Mar 1926 · Suwałki
Died
9 Oct 2016 · Warsaw
Part ofPoland967 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 103 years
  1. 6 Mar 1926BornBorn in Suwałki
  2. 1957AwardJury Prize
  3. 1959AwardKnight of the Order of Polonia Restituta
  4. 1964AwardOfficer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
  5. 1975AwardWork Flag Order, 2nd class
  6. 1978AwardDavid di Donatello Luchino Visconti
  7. 1978AwardOrder of Cyril and Methodius, 1st Class
  8. 1980AwardGolden Shell
  9. 1981AwardLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year
  10. 1981AwardPalme d'Or
  11. 1982AwardBAFTA Fellowship
  12. 1982AwardHonorary César
  13. 1982AwardLouis Delluc Prize
  14. 1989 – 1991RoleMember of the Senate of the Republic of Poland
  15. 9 Oct 2016DiedDied in Warsaw

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2016).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Andrzej Witold Wajda (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).

Considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers, his works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity, offering analysis of the universal element of the Polish experience – the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances.

Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: The Promised Land (1975), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Man of Iron (1981) and Katyń (2007).

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