Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 23, 1898
Died
Feb 11, 1948
Place of Birth
Riga, Russian Empire
Credits
48 titles
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
Filmography
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
Sergei/Sir Gay
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Eisenstein: The Master's House
Self (archive footage)
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Himself
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Island of the Dead
Eisenstein en México
¡Qué Viva México!
Screenplay
Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
Archive footage
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director
The Magic Beam
Self (archive footage)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer
Sergei Eisenstein
Self (archive footage)
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Director
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer
Seeds of Freedom
Director
The Magic Seed
Producer
Swineherd and Shepherd
Producer
To the Jews of the Whole World!
С.Эйзенштейн
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
Time in the Sun
Director
Our Cinema
(archive footage)
Alexander Nevsky
Director
Death Day
Director
Eisenstein in Mexico
Self
Thunder Over Mexico
Director
Hurray Mexico!
Director
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Sentimental Romance
Director
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Supervisor of Production Resources
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Director
The General Line
Scenario Writer
Every Day
Policeman
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay
Battleship Potemkin
Odessa Citizen
Strike
Director
Glumov's Diary
Sergei Eisenstein
Spaniard and Indian
Zapotec Village
The Conquering Cross
Land and Freedom
Mexico Marches
Idol of Hope