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Aleksander Ford

Aleksander Ford

ActorDirectorWriterArtEditor Nov 24 (died age 71) Kijów, Imperium Rosyjskie (obecnie Ukraina) 1930–2006 (76 year career)
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Biography

Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc) was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. Ford became director of the nationalized Film Polski company following the Red Army occupation of Poland. In 1948 the new communist authorities appointed him professor of the National Film School in Łódź. Roman Polanski was among his students. Another of Ford's protégés was the Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. Ford made his first feature f…

Known For

A Generation
Film

A Generation

Creative Director
Knights of the Teutonic Order
Film

Knights of the Teutonic Order

Dialogue
The First Day of Freedom
Film

The First Day of Freedom

Director
Border Street
Film

Border Street

Director
The Eighth Day of the Week
Film

The Eighth Day of the Week

Director
Majdanek - Cemetery of Europe
Film

Majdanek - Cemetery of Europe

Director
Five Boys from Barska Street
Film

Five Boys from Barska Street

Director
Young Chopin
Film

Young Chopin

Director

Filmography