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'''Andrzej Witold Wajda''' ({{IPA-pl|ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda|lang}}; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an [[Honorary Oscar]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/movies/andrzej-wajda-towering-auteur-of-polish-cinema-dies-at-90.html|title=Andrzej Wajda, Towering Auteur of Polish Cinema, Dies at 90|date=10 October 2016|access-date=10 October 2016|newspaper=The New York Times |last1=Kaufman |first1=Michael T. }}</ref> the [[Palme d'Or]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/oct/10/acclaimed-polish-film-director-andrzej-wajda-dies-aged-90|title=Acclaimed Polish film director Andrzej Wajda dies aged 90|first=Agence|last=France-Presse|date=9 October 2016|access-date=10 October 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> as well as Honorary [[Golden Lion]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/venice-film-festival-andrzej-wajda-612057|title=Venice Film Festival to Honor Polish Auteur Andrzej Wajda|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2013-08-22|access-date=2017-02-19}}</ref> 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 (film)|Ashes and Diamonds]]'' (1958).<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/andrzej-wajda-polish-director-dead-dies-1201883386/|title=Andrzej Wajda, Celebrated Polish Director, Dies at 90|first=Richard|last=Natale|date=9 October 2016|work=variety.com|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
He is considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers,<ref name="Andrzej Wajda">{{cite news|url=http://culture.pl/en/artist/andrzej-wajda#second-menu-15 |title=Andrzej Wajda |access-date=2017-06-09}}</ref> whose works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/andrzej-wajda-p115731 |title=Andrzej Wajda |access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref> and dealt with the myths of Polish [[national identity]] offering insightful analyses 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 film)|The Promised Land]]'' (1975),<ref name="Oscars1976">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |access-date=18 March 2012 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> ''[[The Maids of Wilko]]'' (1979),<ref name="Oscars1980">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980 |title=The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners |access-date=8 June 2013 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> ''[[Man of Iron]]'' (1981) and ''[[Katyń (film)|Katyń]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LEussU2CjokC&q=wajda+katyn&pg=PT33|title=Remembering Katyn|first1=Alexander|last1=Etkind|first2=Rory|last2=Finnin|first3=Uilleam|last3=Blacker|first4=Julie|last4=Fedor|first5=Simon|last5=Lewis|first6=Maria|last6=Mälksoo|first7=Matilda|last7=Mroz|date=24 April 2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780745662961}}</ref>
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