Agnieszka Holland was born 28 of November 1948 in Warsaw but went to Czechoslovakia to study film directing at FAMU in Prague. She began her film career working in Poland with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. She wrote several scripts with Wajda before directing her own films, which were soon winning awards at festivals - Cannes - and gaining notoriety as part of the Polish New Wave. Holland is best known in the United States for her Oscar-Nominated "Angry Harvest", "Europa, Europa", and Warner Bros. fims: "Olivier, Olivier" and the "The Secret Garden". In 1994 she has directed "Red Wind" in the United States, a thriller for television produced by Sydney Pollack, which was aired on Arte in the series Fallen Angels. A year later she made "Total Eclipse". In 1996 she has directed "Washington Square" in the United States, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Finney.
Mother of storyboard artist Kasia Adamik , sister of director Magdalena Lazarkiewicz , sister-in-law of director Piotr Lazarkiewicz , aunt of composer Antoni Lazarkiewicz.
Considers feminism not a central topic in her work, although women always are important in her films.
Before martial law was declared in Poland, she had emigrated to France .
Born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, she was raised a Catholic.
One of her unrealized projects has been the story of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto. The screenplay of the distinguished Polish writer Jerzy Stefan Stawinski was ready in 1981. Boguslaw Linda was planned for the main part. However, there was no political climate for the movie and therefore it has never been shot.
Studied at FAMU film school in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic.
She was considered as possible director of Lidice , eventually directed by Petr Nikolaev.
