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Sergei Eisenstein

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Born January 23, 1898 · Riga, Russian Empire

Died February 11, 1948

Also known as Sergei M. Eisenstein · S. M. Eisenstein · S.M. Eisenstein

Biography

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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Stalin Prize · 1946
  • Stalin Prize · 1941
  • Order of Lenin · 1939
  • Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • Order of the Badge of Honour

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