1925Winner
Best Performance
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Riga, Russian Empire
January 23, 1898
Biography
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (23 January 1898 — 11 February 1948) was a pioneering Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the 'Father of Montage'. 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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1944Nominee
Best Writing
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1925Nominee
Best Director
Strike
Career Highlights
1930Highlight
Best Performance
Misery and Fortune of Woman
1958Highlight
Best Writing
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
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Battleship Potemkin
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Strike