Work from private collection, in own technique, framed, tempered glass, paper, signed.
Dimensions:30x25 cm.
Andrzej Witold Wajda (born March 6, 1926 in Suwałki, died October 9, 2016 in Warsaw) - Polish film and theater director, active as a painter in his youth. During the 1989/1990 season, he was artistic director of the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw. Four times his films were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Senator of the first term in 1989-1991. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle.
He gained popularity for his films initiating the so-called Polish film school: Kanal and Ashes and Diamonds, in which he settled accounts with the times of World War II. He made screen adaptations of many literary works, such as Ashes, Birchwood, The Wedding, The Promised Land, Panny z Wilka and Pan Tadeusz. He co-created the cinema of moral unrest, which included socially-embedded films exposing the pathologies of the communist system in Poland: Man of Marble and its sequel Man of Iron, which was awarded the Golden Palm at the 34th Cannes IFF. His most recent achievements include the martyrological film Katyn and the experimental Tatarak. The director also spearheaded the creation of the "X" Film Group, which existed from 1972-1983 , the Master School of Film Directing established in 2002, and the author's film studio. His theatrical activities included staging plays in theaters in Gdansk, Warsaw, Krakow (Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni...) and abroad.
His work referred to Polish Symbolism and Romanticism, and was an attempt to settle the myths of Polish national consciousness. He received numerous awards for his contribution to the development of cinematography, including the Academy Award (Oscar) for lifetime achievement in 2000. He was also awarded an honorary Golden Bear, a César and a Golden Lion for his lifetime achievement.
