Sergei Eisenstein

Andrew Eynon (Grŵp Llandrillo Menai)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 23 Jan 1898
Died 11 Feb 1948
Activity 1920-1948

Places

Born in Latvia
Active in Russia

Activities

Primary

Film Director
Film Theorist/ Critic

Resources

Eisenstein's Works

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Sergei Eisenstein [or Eizenshtein] is one of the world's most famous and prestigious film directors. His most influential film,

Bronenosets Potemkin

[

The Battleship Potemkin

, or “Potyomkin”], is still regarded as one of the most significant films in cinema history. His film theories remain the subject of great interest and debate, despite “montage cinema”, which he pioneered, being out of vogue for many years. It is much less well known that, before embarking on a career in film, Eisenstein had been a pioneering avant-garde theatre director, and that his theory of montage had originally been developed in relation to the stage.

Eisenstein was born in Riga, Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire) in January 1898. Eisenstein's father, Mikhail, was a German Jew who had converted to

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Citation: Eynon, Andrew. "Sergei Eisenstein". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 November 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11752, accessed 23 November 2024.]