Sergey Mikhailovich Eisenstein

Sergey Mikhaylovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Romanized: Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; January 22, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a Soviet director, film theorist, and Jew. He is one of the founders of montage theory in film and the Soviet montage school. His film "Battleship Potemkin" is a representative work of this theory. In addition to "Battleship Potemkin" in 1925, his famous works include "Strike" in 1924, "October: Ten Days That Shook the World" in 1927, "Viva Mexico" in 1932, and the epic films "Alexander Nevsky" and "Ivan the Terrible". His theoretical works include "Montage", "Montage 1938", "Vertical Montage", "Vaudeville Montage", "The Fourth Dimension in Film", and "Beyond the Lens".