Career after 1990 Andrzej Wajda

during filming of katyń in 2007

in 1990, andrzej wajda honoured european film awards lifetime achievement, third director honoured, after federico fellini , ingmar bergman. in 1990s, elected senator , appointed artistic director of warsaw s teatr powszechny. continued make films set during world war ii, including korczak (1990), story jewish-polish doctor takes care of orphan children, in crowned-eagle ring (1993) , holy week (1995) on jewish-polish relations. in 1994 wajda presented own film version of dostoyevsky s novel idiot in movie nastasja, starring japanese actor tamasoburo bando in double role of prince mishkin , nastasja. film s cinematographer pawel edelman, subsequently became 1 of wajda s great collaborators. in 1996 director went in different direction miss nobody, coming-of-age drama explored darker , more spiritual aspects of relationship between 3 high-school girls. in 1999 wajda released epic film pan tadeusz, based on epic poem of polish 19th-century romantic poet adam mickiewicz.

a year later, @ 2000 academy awards, wajda presented honorary oscar contribution world cinema; subsequently donated award kraków s jagiellonian university. in 2002, wajda directed revenge, film version of 1980s comedy theatre production, roman polanski in 1 of main roles. in february 2006, wajda received honorary golden bear lifetime achievement @ berlin international film festival. in 2007 katyń released, well-received film katyn massacre, in wajda s father murdered; director shows dramatic situation of await relatives (mothers, wives , children). film nominated best foreign language film oscar in 2008.

wajda pictured wife, krystyna zachwatowicz, in 2010

wajda followed sweet rush (2009) krystyna janda main character. partly based upon short jarosław iwaszkiewicz novel. film dedicated edward kłosiński, janda s husband, cinematographer , long-time wajda friend , co-worker died of cancer same year. film wajda awarded alfred bauer prize @ 2009 berlin international film festival. received prix fipresci during 2009 european film awards. walesa. man of hope (wałęsa. człowiek z nadziei), wajda s biography of lech wałęsa, based on script janusz głowacki , starring robert więckiewicz in title role, had world premiere @ 2013 venice international film festival. last film 2016 afterimage (powidoki), starring bogusław linda polish avant-garde painter władysław strzemiński.

andrzej wajda founded japanese centre of art , technology in kraków in 1994. in 2002 founded , led own film school polish filmmaker wojciech marczewski. students of wajda school take part in different film courses led famous european film makers.