Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland is, to my mind, one of the conscience-keepers of European cinema. Trained under Zanussi and Wajda, then forced into exile around Poland's martial law, she has spent a career staring directly at political and historical pain rather than looking away. The hardware backs it up: a Golden Globe for Europa Europa, a Silver Bear at Berlin, a Czech Lion. But what moves me is not the trophy shelf; it is her refusal to soften. Well past seventy, she still makes muscular, morally urgent films, and that durability of vision earns my deep respect.

Name (English)

Agnieszka Holland

Name (Japanese)

アニエスカ・ホランド

Reading

あにえすか・ほらんど

Born

November 28, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / theatre director / writer / director

Awards & achievements

• 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film
• 2017 Silver Bear Jury Prize
• Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
• Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class
• Saint George medal
• 2021 Czech Lion for Best Director

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/holland.agnieszka/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnieszka%20Holland
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231019

Tags

• Masovian Voivodeship
• film director
• screenwriter
• theatre director

Last updated

2026-06-21

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