Sergei Eisenstein

(1898–1948) Film Director Soviet Union

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Sergei Eisenstein was a film director from the Soviet Union, best known for Ivan the Terrible, a screenplay.

Quick Facts About Sergei Eisenstein

Born: January 10, 1898
Died: February 11, 1948
Nationality: Soviet Union
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Ivan the Terrible, a screenplay
Known for: Battleship Potemkin, October: Ten Days That Shook the World, The General Line
Spouse: Pera Atasheva

About Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1945/1958). In its decennial poll, the magazine Sight and Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 54th-greatest film of all time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Order of Lenin Order of the Badge of Honour Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Stalin Prize Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic