Personal info
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1/23/1898
- Birthplace
- Riga, Russian Empire
- Died
- 2/11/1948 (aged 50)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Sergei M. Eisenstein, S. M. Eisenstein, S. Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein
Biography
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.
12 titles
Battleship Potemkin
1925
Director
Strike
1925
Director
Alexander Nevsky
1938
Director
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944
Director
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
Director
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958
Director
¡Qué Viva México!
1979
Director
The General Line
1929
Director
Glumov's Diary
1923
Director
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
1968
Director
Sentimental Romance
1931
Director
Hurray Mexico!
1932
Director
