Director Turns Eighty
Andrzej Wajda – one of Poland’s most outstanding and renowned directors – is celebrating his 80th birthday today.
Wajda is the proud owner of an Oscar statuette for lifetime achievement, a merit for which he was also awarded during the recent Film Festival in Berlin. In 1981 Andrzej Wajda’s movie ‘Man of iron’ won him a golden palm in Cannes. He has also been involved in directing theatrical plays.