
Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Born 1898 · Riga, Russian Empire
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.
Directed

Battleship Potemkin
Director · 1925

Strike
Director · 1925

Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Director · 1944

Alexander Nevsky
Director · 1938

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Director · 1958

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Director · 1928

¡Qué Viva México!
Director · 1979

The General Line
Director · 1929

Sentimental Romance
Director · 1931

Hurray Mexico!
Director · 1932

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director · 1968

Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Director · 1955

Glumov's Diary
Director · 1923

The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director · 1931

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Director · 1998

Death Day
Director · 1934

Thunder Over Mexico
Director · 1933

Time in the Sun
Director · 1940
Acting

Battleship Potemkin
Odessa Citizen · 1925

Eisenstein: The Master's House
Self (archive footage) · 1998

Our Cinema
(archive footage) · 1940

Every Day
Policeman · 1929

Glumov's Diary
Sergei Eisenstein · 1923

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Himself · 1998

We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self (uncredited) · 1931

Eisenstein in Mexico
Self · 1933

The Magic Beam
Self (archive footage) · 1963

Sergei Eisenstein
Self (archive footage) · 1958
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
Archive footage · 1974

To the Jews of the Whole World!
С.Эйзенштейн · 1941
Writing

Battleship Potemkin
Writer · 1925

Strike
Screenplay · 1925

Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer · 1944

Alexander Nevsky
Writer · 1938

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer · 1958

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay · 1928

¡Qué Viva México!
Screenplay · 1979

The General Line
Scenario Writer · 1929

Sentimental Romance
Screenplay · 1931

Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Writer · 1968

Glumov's Diary
Writer · 1923

The Disaster in Oaxaca
Writer · 1931