Sergei Eisenstein

thumb|Sergei Eisenstein, St. Petersburg, 1910s Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн) (23 January 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage". He was one of artists associated with constructivism. Quotes American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema. Film Form, edited and translated by Jay Leda (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1949), "Dickens, Griffith, and the Film Today", p. 196 Quotes about Sergei Eisenstein "This is Paul Robeson, the greatest American singer!" declared the famous film director, Eisenstein, introducing Robeson to a reception in his honor, attended by nearly all the celebrities in Moscow’s theatre and art world. "I Am at Home" in Daily Worker (January 15, 1935) External links "Sergei Eisenstein is Dead in Moscow", Obituary, The New York Times (February 12, 1948) Category:1898 births Category:1948 deaths Category:Film directors from Russia Category:Inventors Category:Atheists from Russia Category:Communists from Russia Category:Marxists Category:People from Riga