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Biography
Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko, was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory.
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Awards & recognition
- Lenin Prize · 1959
- People's Artist of the RSFSR · 1950
- Stalin Prize · 1949
- Order of the Red Banner · 1943
- Stalin Prize · 1941
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- Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR · 1940
- Order of Lenin · 1935
- Honored Art Worker of Ukraine
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
