Sergei Eisenstein
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-01-23
Day of Death
1948-02-11 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Riga, Russian Empire
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
Acting
(2017)
(2000)
(1998)
(1998)
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
as Himself
(1996)
(1993)
(1984)
(1974)
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
as Archive footage
(1958)
Sergei Eisenstein
as Himself (archive footage)
(1941)
(1941)
To the Jews of the Whole World!
as С.Эйзенштейн
(1940)
Our Cinema
as (archive footage)
(1933)
Eisenstein in Mexico
as Self
(1931)
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
(1929)
The Storming of La Sarraz
as Commander of the Army of Independents
(1929)
Every Day
as Policeman
(1925)
Battleship Potemkin
as Odessa Citizen
(1923)
Glumov's Diary
as Self (takes bow at end)
Crew
(2010)
(1998)
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Director, Writer
(1979)
¡Qué Viva México!
Director, Screenplay
(1968)
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director, Writer
(1958)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer, Director, Producer, Production Design
(1955)
(1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Art Direction
(1943)
Seeds of Freedom
Writer, Director
(1941)
Swineherd and Shepherd
Producer
(1940)
Time in the Sun
Director, Idea
(1938)
Alexander Nevsky
Director, Editor, Writer
(1934)
Death Day
Director
(1933)
Thunder Over Mexico
Director
(1932)
Hurray Mexico!
Director
(1931)
Sentimental Romance
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(1931)
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director, Writer
(1930)
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Supervisor of Production Resources, Editor
(1929)
The General Line
Director, Scenario Writer
(1929)
The Storming of La Sarraz
Director, Screenplay
(1928)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay, Director
(1925)
Battleship Potemkin
Director, Editor, Writer
(1925)
Strike
Director, Screenplay, Editor
(1923)
Glumov's Diary
Director