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Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948) is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers. Holland was born in Warsaw, Poland, the daughter of journalists Irena (née Rybczyńska) and Henryk Holland. Her Jewish father's parents were killed in the ghetto, and her mother was a Catholic who fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and was a member of the Polish Underground. Holland was raised without religion. Holland's mother later re-married to journalist Stanisław... MORE

Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948) is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers. Holland was born in Warsaw, Poland, the daughter of journalists Irena (née Rybczyńska) and Henryk Holland. Her Jewish father's parents were killed in the ghetto, and her mother was a Catholic who fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and was a member of the Polish Underground. Holland was raised without religion. Holland's mother later re-married to journalist Stanisław Brodzki. Holland is the mother of Kasia Adamik, another Polish film director. Holland graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in 1971. She began her career as an assistant director for the Polish film directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, including Zanussi's 1973 film Iluminacja and Wajda's 1982 film Danton. Holland's first major film was Provincial Actors (Aktorzy Prowincjonalni, 1978), a chronicle of tense backstage relations within a small-town theater company that served as an allegory for Poland's contemporary political situation. The film LESS