Sergei Eisenstein
January 10, 1898 –February 11, 1948
Film director, Inventor, Film editor, Screenwriter, Teacher, Cinematographer
Lived 50 years
- Born in
- Riga
- Passed away in
- Moscow
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1945/1958). In its decennial poll, the magazine Sight and Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 54th-greatest film of all time.
Notable works: October: Ten Days That Shook the World, Battleship Potemkin, The General Line Awards: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" Education: Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
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