Persoonlijke gegevens
Bekend om
Directing
Geslacht
Man
Geboren
23 januari 1898
Overleden
11 februari 1948
Geboorteplaats
Riga, Russian Empire
Ook bekend als
Sergei M. Eisenstein · S. M. Eisenstein · S.M. Eisenstein · S. Eisenstein
Biografie
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.
