1926 – 2016
2009
International Film Festival in Berlin
Alfred Baure Award for “Sweet Rush”
2006
International Film Festival in Berlin
Honorary Golden Bear
2001
Commander’s Cross of Legion d’Honneur of the French Republic;
German Great Cross of the Order of Merit;
Doctor Honoris Causa of the Moscow Theatre Academy (GITIS)
2000
Honorary Academy Oscar® Award for Lifetime Achievement
Polish Film Awards for Lifetime Achievement
1999
Freedom Film Festival in Berlin
Freedom Award for film-making and for “unparalleled commitment to freedom”
Brussels International Film Festival for the quality of the recipient’s cinematographic work
Crystal Iris Award
1998
Career Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival for life achievement and outstanding contribution to the history of the cinema
Minister of Art and Culture Award for films; title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Łódź
1997
13th International Film Festival in Troi, Portugal
Best Director Award for “Miss Nothing” at the
1996
Silver Bear Berlin for lifetime achievement
1990
European Felix Award for life achievement
1982
France’s Legion d’Honneur;
Onassis Foundation Award for work for human rights and dignity;
ALFS Award at London Critics Circle Film Awards: Director of the Year;
Nominated Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
1981
Doctor Honoris Causa of the American University in Washington
Cannes International Film Festival
Palme d’Or and Ecumenical Jury Award for “Man of Iron“
New York Film Critics Circle Awards for the artistry and independent spirit demonstrated in his films
1978
Luchino Visconti Award at the David di Donatello Awards
Born on the 6th of March 1926 in Suwalki, Poland. Film and theatre director, script writer and set designer. A student of Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts from 1946 to 1949, Andrzej Wajda graduated from the National Higher School of Film (emphasis Directing) in 1953, to make his debut movie, “Generation” (Pokolenie) in 1955, followed by “Canal” (Kanal) (1957) – Special Jury Award at the Cannes IFF and “Ashes and Diamonds” (Popiol i diament) (1958) – Jury and FIPRESCI Award at the Venice IFF. These last two films earned Wajda the reputation as a leading director of the new generation in Europe, and initiated the famous Polish School of film-making. Wajda’s first colour film, “Lotna“, was made in 1959.
In 1962 he directed two foreign productions: the Yugoslavian-made “Siberian Lady Macbeth” (Sibirska Ledi Magbet) and a French and German co-production “Love at Twenty” (L’amour a Vingt Ans).
Wajda’s next film, “Ashes” (Popioly) (1965), based on a novel by Stefan Zeromski, triggered off the biggest ever debate in Wajda’s ten-year film-making career.
In 1975 Wajda made the Oscar-nominated “The Promised Land” (Ziemie obiecana). This movie, based on a novel by Wladyslaw Reymont, has been one of Wajda’s top cinematic achievements.
Originator and lecturer of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, established in 2002.
| 2016 | Afterimage (Powidoki) | |
| 2013 | Walesa, Man of Hope (Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei) | |
| 2009 | Sweet Rush (Tatarak) – Alfred Bauer Award for Andrzej Wajda at the International Film Festival in Berlin, ’09 |
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| 2007 | Katyn – 2008 Nominated Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film |
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| 2002 | The Revenge (Zemsta) | |
| 1999 | Pan Tadeusz | |
| 1995 | Holy Week (Wielki tydzień) – Nominated for the Golden Bear Award, Berlin 1996 |
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| 1990 | Korczak | |
| 1988 | Les Possedes – Nominated for the Golden Bear Berlin, 1988 |
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| 1983 | Danton – BAFTA Film Award: Best Foreign Language Film; – Cesar Award fo the “Best Film” of the French Academy of Film Art and Technology, France; – Prix Louis Delluc, France; – 1984: Critics Circle Film Awards: Director of the Year, ALFS Award London; – Critics Award at Polish Film Festival, Poland |
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| 1981 | Man of ron (Człowiek z zelaża) – Golden Palm and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes Film Festival |
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| 1980 | The Orchestra Conductor (Dyrygent) – Nominated for the Golden Bear; – FIPRESCI Prize & OCIC Award at San Sebastian Film Festival |
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| 1979 | The Young Ladies of Wilko (Panny z Wilka) – Special Jury Award at Polish Film Festival, Poland; – 1980 – Academy Awards Nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film |
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| 1978 | Without Anesthesia (Bez znieczulenia) – Golden Lion at Polish Film Festival, Poland; – 1979 -Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes Film Festival; – Nomination for the Golden Palm Award |
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| 1977 | Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru)’ – Critics Award at the Polish Film Festival, Poland; – 1978 – FIPRESCI Award at Cannes Film Festival |
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| 1976 | The Shadow Line (Smuga cienie) – Silver Lion at the Polish Film Festival, Poland |
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| 1975 | The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) – Golden Prize at Moscow International Film Festival – Golden Lion at Polish Film Festival, Poland – 1976 – Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; – Golden Spike at Valladolid Film Festival |
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| 1973 | The Wedding (Wesele) – Silver Seashell at San Sebastian Film Festival |
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| 1970 | The Birchwood (Brzezina) – Golden Prize at Moscow International Film Festival, 1971 |
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| 1969 | Hunting Flies (Polowanie na muchy) – Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival |
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| 1968 | Gates to Paradise – Nominated for the Golden Bear, Berlin IFF |
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| 1965 | The Ashes (Popioły) – Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival. ’66 |
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| 1961 | Samson – Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival |
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| 1962 | Love at Twenty (L’Amur a vingt ans) – Nominated for the Golden Bear at the IFF in Berlin |
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| 1958 | Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament) – FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival, ’59; – Nominated for the BAFTA Film Award – Best Film from any Source, ’60 |
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| 1957 | Canal (Kanał) – Jury Special Prize at Cannes Film Festival; – Nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival |
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| 1955 | A Generation (Pokolenie) |