DHAKA: Oscar-winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda has died aged 90.

Polish Filmmakers’ Association said he made more than 40 feature films in a career spanning 60 years, reports the BBC.

Many of his films - including Kanal, Man of Marble, Man of Iron and Katyn - were inspired by Poland's turbulent wartime and communist history.

In 2000, Wajda was awarded an honorary Oscar for his contribution to world cinema.

Wajda had been recently taken to hospital. Unconfirmed reports say he died of lung failure.

Poland’s former prime minister and the current head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, tweeted: “We all stem from Wajda. We looked at Poland and at ourselves through him. And we understood better. Now it will be more difficult.”

Film director and head of the Polish Filmmakers' Association Jacek Bromski remarked: “He was one of the greatest Polish artists, one of the best-known in the world. Poland was his passion.”

'Feel the love', the film was recently chosen as Poland’s official entry for the best foreign language film at the 2017 Oscars.

Four of Wajda’s earlier works had been nominated for that category. Man of Iron won the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1981.

Wajda is survived by his fourth wife, actress and stage designer Krystyna Zachwatowicz, and his daughter, Karolina.

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