Sergei Eisenstein | |
|---|---|
| Сергей Эйзенштейн | |
 Eisenstein c. 1920s | |
| Born | Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein 22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
| Died | 11 February 1948 (aged 50) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1923–1946 |
| Notable work |
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| Spouse |
Pera Atasheva (m. 1934) |
| Awards | Stalin prize (1941, 1946) |
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein[a] (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.[1] 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 2012 decennial poll, the magazine Sight & Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 11th-greatest film of all time.[2]
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- ^ Rollberg, Peter (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 204–210. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time | Sight & Sound". Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.