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Sergei Eisenstein

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Soviet film director and film theorist (1898-1948) whose development of montage editing in Battleship Potemkin and October reshaped the language of cinema, arguing that meaning in film arises from the collision of shots rather than from their content alone.

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1946 1
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    Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
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    10 January] 1898 - 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist.
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    1923-1946
  • Works Created: Battleship Potemkin
  • In Group: Expressionist and Soviet Montage Directors, Lead
    Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
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