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

Battleship Potemkin

Year

1925

Type

Movie

Strike

Year

1925

Type

Movie

Alexander Nevsky

Year

1938

Type

Movie

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Year

1944

Type

Movie

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

Year

1928

Type

Movie

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Year

1958

Type

Movie

¡Qué Viva México!

Year

1979

Type

Movie

The General Line

Year

1929

Type

Movie

Glumov's Diary

Year

1923

Type

Movie

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

Year

1968

Type

Movie

Sentimental Romance

Year

1931

Type

Movie

The Disaster in Oaxaca

Year

1931

Type

Movie

Swineherd and Shepherd

Year

1941

Type

Movie

Hurray Mexico!

Year

1932

Type

Movie

Misery and Fortune of Woman

Year

1930

Type

Movie

Every Day

Year

1929

Type

Movie

Death Day

Year

1934

Type

Movie

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Year

1998

Type

Movie

The Magic Seed

Year

1942

Type

Movie

We're switching to Hollywood

Year

1931

Type

Movie

Sergei/Sir Gay

Year

2017

Type

Movie

Time in the Sun

Year

1940

Type

Movie

Thunder Over Mexico

Year

1933

Type

Movie

Eisenstein in Mexico

Year

1933

Type

Movie

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

Year

1996

Type

Movie

The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

Year

2023

Type

Movie

Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

Year

1932

Type

Movie

Our Cinema

Year

1940

Type

Movie

Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930

Year

2010

Type

Movie

The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein

Year

1998

Type

Movie