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Andrzej Wajda (born March 6 , 1926 ) is a Polish Film Director , one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School . LIFE AND WORK A major figure of world and Eastern European cinema after the Second World War , Wajda has made his reputation as a sensitive and uncompromising chronicler of his country's political and social evolution. Once dubbed a symbol for a besieged country, Wajda is known for drawing from Poland's History to suit his tragic sensibility, crafting an oeuvre of work that devastates even as it informs. The son of a Polish Cavalry officer who was killed early in World War II , Wajda fought in the Home Army against the Nazis when he was still a teenager. After the war, he studied to be a painter at Kraków 's Academy of Fine Arts before entering the Łódź Film School . On the heels of his apprenticeship to director '' ( 1956 ) and '' Ashes And Diamonds '' ( 1958 ), also starring Cybulski. While capable of turning out mainstream commercial fare (often dismissed as "trivial" by his critics), Wajda was more interested in works of Allegory and Symbolism , and certain symbols (such as setting fire to a glass of liquor, representing the flame of youthful idealism that was extinguished by the war) recur often in his films. In 1967 , Cybulski was killed in a train accident, whereupon the director articulated his grief with what is considered his most personal film, '' Everything For Sale '' ( 1969 ). Wajda's later devotion to Poland's burgeoning Solidarity movement was manifested in '' Man Of Marble '' ( 1976 ) and '' Man Of Iron '' ( 1981 ), with Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa appearing as himself in the latter film. The director's involvement in this movement would prompt the Polish Government to force Wajda's production company out of business. In the early 1990s, he was elected a senator and also appointed artistic director of Warsaw's Teatr Powszchny . He continued to make films, addressing the topic of World War II in 1993 's '' The Crowned-Eagle Ring '' and 1996 's '' Holy Week ''. In 1997 , the director went in a different direction with '' Miss Nobody '', a coming-of-age drama that explored the darker and more spiritual aspects of a relationship between three high-school girls. Three years later, at the 2000 Academy Awards , Wajda was presented with an honorary Oscar for his numerous contributions to cinema; he subsequently donated the award to Kraków's Jagiellonian University . In February 2006, Wajda received an honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival . Andrzej Wajda has been married three times. His second wife was popular actress Beata Tyszkiewicz with whom he has a daughter Karolina (born 1967). His third and current wife is actress and costume designer Krystyna Zachwatowicz . FILMOGRAPHY
'' Man Of Iron '' won the prestigious Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1981 . Three of Wajda's works, namely '' The Promised Land '', '' The Maids Of Wilko '' and '' Man Of Iron '' have been nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language film. In 2000 , Wajda received an honorary award from the AMPAS . SEE ALSO BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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