AGNIESZKA HOLLAND Polish film and TV director and screenwriter

CURRICULUM VITAE Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948 in Warsaw) is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.  She went to Czechoslovakia to study film directing at FAMU in Prague. She began her film career working in Poland with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor.  Since 1981 she works abroad - in Germany, France, and now in the United States. She lives in France, in Brittany.  Besides making films Holland translates also Czech literature into Polish.

Her most famous films FILMOGRAPHY Her most famous films The Secret Garden British drama / fantasy film made in Julie Walking Home 2002 Drama film Europa, Europa Drama, History, War film from This film won an Oscar nomination

FILMOGRAPGY Angry Harvest Drama, Romance, War, Oscar - Nominated film made in 1985 Olivier, Olivier French Drama from 1992 made with Warner Bros. Total Eclipse Biography, Drama, Romance from 1995 with Leonardo DiCaprio

FILMOGRAPHY Copying Beethoven Biography, Drama, Music film made in 2006 with Ed Harris and Diane Kruger Washington Square American Melodrama from 1997 starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Finney In Darkness 2011 Polish Oscar- nominated drama film based on true events during German occupation of Poland

AWARDS AND PRIZES  Agnieszka Holland is the current chairwoman of European Film Academy founded in 1989 by its first president Ingmar Bergman.  She is the recipient of many prestigious awards at festivals – in Cannes, Gdansk, Berlin, Montreal, Golden Globe Award.  She was nominated for an Oscar three times - for "Bitter Harvest" (1985), "Europa, Europa" (1991) and "In Darkness" (2011).  She was also awarded Poland's prestigious Officer's Cross of the Order of Restitution for her outstanding contribution to Polish culture.  In 2002, she received the Special Eagle Award for her consistent artistic achievement in Poland and abroad.  She was also honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 1999 Film Festival in Las Vegas.

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