Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland (Polish: [aɡˈɲɛʂka ˈxɔlant]; born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland.
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| Born | Agnieszka Holland 28 November 1948 Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
| Occupation(s) | film and television director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Notable work | Europa Europa (1991) In Darkness (2011) Spoor (2017) Green Border (2023) |
| Spouse | Laco Adamík (divorced) |
| Children | Kasia Adamik (b. 1972) |
| Relatives | Magdalena Łazarkiewicz (sister) |
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Holland is best known for her films Europa Europa (1990), for which she received a Golden Globe Award as well as an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, The Secret Garden (1993), Angry Harvest and the Holocaust drama In Darkness, the last two of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2017, she received a Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) for her film Spoor at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2020, she was elected President of the European Film Academy. In 2023, her film Green Border won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.