Igor Savchenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Savchenko.

Igor Andreyevich Savchenko (Russian: Игорь Андреевич Са́вченко) or Ihor Andriyovych Savchenko (Ukrainian: І́гор Андрі́йович Са́вченко; 11 October 1906 – 14 December 1950) was a Soviet screenwriter and film director of Ukrainian origin. He has often been cited as one of the great early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Aleksandr Dovzhenko.[1][2] He is also known for teaching Sergei Parajanov at the Soviet film school VGIK.

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 646–647. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  2. ^ "Игорь Андреевич Савченко". Россия. XX век. Документы.