Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Born January 23, 1898 in Riga, Russian EmpireDied February 11, 194823 films
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (23 January 1898 — 11 February 1948) was a pioneering Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the 'Father of Montage'. Noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1927), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958), his work profoundly influenced early filmmakers owing to his innovative use of and writings about montage.
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First watchBattleship Potemkin19257.6A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
23 films as director- TBADas KapitalDirector
- TBAIdols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita BrennerDirector
- 1998Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican FantasyDirector
- 1979¡Qué Viva México!Director
- 1968Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished FilmDirector
- 1958Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' PlotDirector
- 1955Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for StudyDirector
- 1944Ivan the Terrible, Part IDirector
- 1943Seeds of FreedomDirector
- 1940Time in the SunDirector
- 1938Alexander NevskyDirector
- 1934Death DayDirector
- 1933Eisenstein in MexicoDirector
- 1933Thunder Over MexicoDirector
- 1932Hurray Mexico!Director
- 1931Sentimental RomanceDirector
- 1931The Disaster in OaxacaDirector
- 1930Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de GuadalupeDirector
- 1929The General LineDirector
- 1928October (Ten Days that Shook the World)Director
- 1925Battleship PotemkinDirector
- 1925StrikeDirector
- 1923Glumov's DiaryDirector