Born in 1926 and died in 2016, Wajda was the leading figure of the Polish Film School. His films about the war, Stalinism and the Solidarity movement made him the conscience of Polish cinema, and he received an honorary Oscar in 2000.
Filmography
- A Generation (1955)
- Kanal (1957)
- Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
- Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
- Samson (1961)
- Everything for Sale (1969)
- The Promised Land (1975)
- Man of Marble (1977)
- The Young Ladies of Wilko (1979)
- Man of Iron (1981)
- Danton (1983)
- Korczak (1990)
- Pan Tadeusz (1999)
- Katyn (2007)
- Afterimage (2016)