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Aleksander Ford

Aleksander Ford

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Basic Information

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Birth Date

November 24, 1908(117 yrs)

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Birth Place

Kijów, Imperium Rosyjskie (obecnie Ukraina)

Summary

Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc) was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. Ford became director of the nationalized Film Polski company following the Red Army occupation of Poland. In 1948 the new communist authorities appointed him professor of the National Film School in Łódź. Roman Polanski was among his students. Another of Ford's protégés was the Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. Ford made his first feature f