Wojciech Has

Wojciech Has was born on Apr 01, 1925 in Poland. Wojciech Has's big-screen debut came with Ulica Brzozowa directed by Wojciech Has in 1947. Wojciech Has is known for The Hourglass Sanatorium directed by Wojciech Has, Jan Nowicki stars as Józef and Tadeusz Kondrat as Jakub - Józef's father. Wojciech Has has got 5 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Wojciech Has achieved is Camerimage. The upcoming new movie Wojciech Has plays is The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober which will be released on Nov 07, 1997.

Born in Kraków, Poland, in 1925. Feature film director. Graduated in 1946 from Cracow Film Institute, also studied painting. From 1947 to 1957 made a number of documentary shorts and educational films. Feature film debut: _The Noose_ (Petla, 1958, co-scr.). Other films: _Farewells_ (Pozegnania, 1958, co-scr.), awarded in Locarno and London 1959; _Roommates_ ((Wspolny pokoj, 1960, co-scr.); _Parting_ (Rozstanie, 1961); _Gold_ (Zloto, 1962); _How to Be Loved_ (Jak byc kochana, 1962), Polish Film Critics award, also awarded in San Francisco 1963 and beirut 1964; _The Saragossa Manuscript_ (Pamietnik znaleziony w Saragossie, 1964), awarded in San Sebastian and Edinburgh 1965, in Sitges 1966; _Codes_ (Szyfry, 1966), _The Doll_ (Lalka, 1968, co-scr.), awarded in Panama 1969; _The Sandglass_ (Sanatorium pod Klepsydra, 1973), awarded in Cannes 1973, Grand Prix in Trieste 1974.