Sergei Eisenstein
- Directing
- January 23, 1898 · Riga, Russian Empire
- February 11, 1948
Biography
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (23 January 1898 — 11 February 1948) was a pioneering Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the 'Father of Montage'. 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
- Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner · Director, Writer
- The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
- Sergei/Sir Gay
- The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
- Eisenstein: The Master's House · Self
- The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
- Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy · Self, Director
- Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
- Island of the Dead
- Eisenstein en México
- ¡Qué Viva México! · Director, Screenplay
- Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
- Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum
- TsOKS in Alma-Ata · Archive footage
- Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film · Director, Writer
- The Magic Beam · Self
- Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot · Writer, Director
- Sergei Eisenstein · Self
- Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study · Director
- Ivan the Terrible, Part I · Writer, Director
- Seeds of Freedom · Writer, 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, Idea
- Our Cinema · (archive footage)
- Alexander Nevsky · Director, Editing
- Death Day · Director
- Eisenstein in Mexico · Self, Director
- Thunder Over Mexico · Director
- Hurray Mexico! · Director
- We’re Switching to Hollywood · Self
- Sentimental Romance · Director, Screenplay
- The Disaster in Oaxaca · Director, Writer
- Misery and Fortune of Woman · Supervisor of Production Resources, Editing
- Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe · Director
- The General Line · Director, Writer
- Every Day · Policeman
- October (Ten Days that Shook the World) · Screenplay, Director
- Battleship Potemkin · Odessa Citizen, Director
- Strike · Director, Screenplay
- Glumov's Diary · Sergei Eisenstein, Director
- Zapotec Village
- Mexico Marches
- Land and Freedom
- Spaniard and Indian
- The Conquering Cross
- Idol of Hope
- Das Kapital · Director, Writer