death_date years_active death_place birth_place awards name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
11 february 1948 1923 -- 1946 moscow , soviet union riga , governorate of livonia , russian empire stalin prizes -lrb- 1941 , 1946 -rrb- sergei eisenstein 22 january 1898 vera -rrb- atasheva -lrb- 1934 -- 1948 ; his death sergei eisenstein 03.jpg sergei eisenstein
 sergei mikhailovich eizenshtein
sergei eisenstein

sergei mikhailovich eisenstein -lrb- ; ; 22 january 1898 -- 11 february 1948 -rrb- was a soviet russian film director and film theorist , a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage .
he is noted in particular for his silent films `` strike '' -lrb- 1925 -rrb- , `` battleship potemkin '' -lrb- 1925 -rrb- and '' '' -lrb- 1928 -rrb- , as well as the historical epics `` alexander nevsky '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- and `` ivan the terrible '' -lrb- 1944 , 1958 -rrb- .
