Sergei Eisenstein
Born in Riga, Russian Empire — Jan 23 1898• Died Feb 11 1948
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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.
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Sergei Eisenstein's Credits
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Battleship Potemkin
Odessa Citizen
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writing
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writing
Strike
Directing
Our Cinema
(archive footage)
Alexander Nevsky
Directing
Swineherd and Shepherd
Production
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Directing
The Magic Beam
Self (archive footage)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Writing
The Magic Seed
Production
Island of the Dead
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Seeds of Freedom
Writing
¡Qué Viva México!
Directing
Sergei Eisenstein
Self (archive footage)
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
Archive footage
Time in the Sun
Directing
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Crew
The General Line
Directing
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Directing
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Himself
Glumov's Diary
Sergei Eisenstein
Thunder Over Mexico
Directing
Sentimental Romance
Directing
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
Death Day
Directing
Every Day
Policeman
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Eisenstein en México
Sergei/Sir Gay
To the Jews of the Whole World!
С.Эйзенштейн
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Directing
Hurray Mexico!
Directing
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Directing
Zapotec Village
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
Mexico Marches
Spaniard and Indian
Land and Freedom
Eisenstein: The Master's House
Self (archive footage)
Eisenstein in Mexico
Self
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Directing
Idol of Hope
The Conquering Cross
Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum