Sergei Eisenstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1898

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1948

Profession: screenwriter, teacher, inventor, cinematographer, film director, film editor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ??????????, IPA: [s??r'g?ej m??'xajl?v??t? ?jz??n'?t?ejn], tr.
Sergey Mikhaylovich Eizenshteyn; 22 January [O.S.
10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director and film theorist, 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 (1944, 1958).
In its 2019 decennial poll, the magazine Sight & Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 11th greatest movie of all time.