Sergei Eisenstein

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1898-01-23

Deathday 1948-02-11 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Riga, Russian Empire

Also Known As Sergei M. Eisenstein, S. M. Eisenstein, S.M. Eisenstein, S. Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Eizenshtein, Sergueï Mikhaïlovitch Eisenstein, Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Сергей Эйзенштейн, 세르게이 에이젠슈타인, 세르게이 미하일로비치 예이젠시테인, 세르게이 예이젠시테인, 세르게이 미하일로비치 에이젠슈타인, Sergej Michajlovič Ėjzenštejn, Sergej Ėjzenštejn

Sergei Eisenstein

Biography

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage." He is 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.

Known For

Director

Actor

1974
TsOKS in Alma-Ata

as Archive footage

1958
Sergei Eisenstein

as Himself (archive footage)

1940
Our Cinema

as (archive footage)

1931
We're switching to Hollywood

as Self (uncredited)

1929
Every Day

as Policeman

1929
The Storming of La Sarraz

as Commander of the Army of Independents

1925
Battleship Potemkin

as Odessa Citizen

1923
Glumov's Diary

as Self (takes bow at end)

Writer

Editor

1938
1930
1925
1925
Strike

as Editor

Art

1944
Ivan the Terrible, Part I

as Art Direction

Crew

1930
Misery and Fortune of Woman

as Supervisor of Production Resources