Sergei Eisenstein
Born
23 January 1898 (128)
Place of Birth
Riga, Russian Empire
Also known as
Sergei M. Eisenstein, S. M. 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.
Filmography (40)
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
2023
Sergei/Sir Gay
2017
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010
🎬 Director
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
Eisenstein: The Master's House
1998
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996
Island of the Dead
1993
Eisenstein en México
1984
¡Qué Viva México!
1979
Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
1978
Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum
1978
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
1974
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
1968
The Magic Beam
1963
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958
Sergei Eisenstein
1958
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
1955
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944
Seeds of Freedom
1943
To the Jews of the Whole World!
1941
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
1941
Time in the Sun
1940
Our Cinema
1940
Alexander Nevsky
1938
Death Day
1934
Eisenstein in Mexico
1933
Thunder Over Mexico
1933
Hurray Mexico!
1932
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
Sentimental Romance
1931
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
1930
🎬 Director
The General Line
1929
Every Day
1929
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
Battleship Potemkin
1925
Strike
1925
Glumov's Diary
1923