What is Andrzej Wajda?
[[File:2008.04.22. Andrzej Wajda by Kubik 01.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Wajda in April 2008]] '''Andrzej Witold Wajda''' (6 March 1926 &ndash; 9 October 2016) was a [[Poles|Polish]] [[movie director]], [[movie producer]], and [[screenwriter]]. He is known for his works in ''[[A Generation]]'', ''[[Kanał]]'', ''[[Ashes and Diamonds (movie)|Ashes and Diamonds]]'', ''[[Man of Iron]]'', ''[[The Promised Land]]'', ''[[The Maids of Wilko]]'', and in ''[[Katyń (movie)|Katyń]]''. He won an [[Academy Award|Honorary Academy Award]] in 2000. Wajda was born in [[Suwałki]], Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Andrzej-Wajda.html |title=Andrzej Wajda Biography (1926?-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> He studied at the Łódź Film School. Wajda was married four times, first three ended in [[divorce]]. He had a daughter. Wajda died of [[respiratory failure]] on 9 October 2016 at a hospital in [[Warsaw]], aged 90. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * {{Official website|www.wajda.pl/en/Default.html}} * {{IMDb name|906667|Andrzej Wajda}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wajda, Andrzej}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Poland]] [[Category:Polish movie directors]] [[Category:Polish movie producers]] [[Category:Polish screenwriters]] {{bio-stub}}