Sergei Eisenstein

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.

Crew

Battleship Potemkin

(Director)

Battleship Potemkin

(Editor)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

(Screenplay)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

(Director)

Alexander Nevsky

(Director)

Alexander Nevsky

(Editor)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

(Writer)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

(Director)

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

(Writer)

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

(Director)

Que Viva Mexico!

(Screenplay)

Que Viva Mexico!

(Director)

Ivan the Terrible, Part III

(Director)

Strike

(Director)

Strike

(Screenplay)

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

(Director)

Glumov's Diary

(Director)

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

(Director)

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

(Writer)

Sentimental Romance

(Director)

The General Line

(Director)

The General Line

(Scenario Writer)

The Storming of La Sarraz

(Director)

The Disaster in Oaxaca

(Director)

Time in the Sun

(Director)

Alexander Nevsky

(Writer)

Battleship Potemkin

(Writer)

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

(Writer)

Death Day

(Director)

Thunder Over Mexico

(Director)

Seeds of Freedom

(Director)

Seeds of Freedom

(Writer)

Misery and Fortune of Woman

(Supervisor of Production Resources)

Time in the Sun

(Idea)

Misery and Fortune of Woman

(Editor)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

(Producer)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

(Editor)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

(Art Direction)

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

(Producer)

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

(Production Design)

The Disaster in Oaxaca

(Writer)

The Storming of La Sarraz

(Screenplay)

Sentimental Romance

(Screenplay)

Sentimental Romance

(Editor)

Strike

(Editor)

Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

(Director)

Hurray Mexico!

(Director)