Sergei Eisenstein

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

Riga, Russian Empire

Born

1/23/1898

Age

127

Credit(s)

18

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 w ...Show More