Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
January 23, 1898
Died
February 11, 1948 (50 years old)
Riga, Russian Empire
Also Known As
- Sergei M. Eisenstein
- S. M. Eisenstein
- S.M. Eisenstein
- S. Eisenstein
- Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
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
Directing
¡Qué Viva México!
Screenplay, Director
1979
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director, Writer
1968
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer, Director, Producer, Production Design
1958
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Art Direction
1944
Swineherd and Shepherd
Producer
1941
Alexander Nevsky
Director, Editor, Writer
1938
Hurray Mexico!
Director
1932
Sentimental Romance
Director, Screenplay, Editor
1931
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director, Writer
1931
The General Line
Director, Scenario Writer
1929
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay, Director
1928
Battleship Potemkin
Director, Editor, Writer
1925