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Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

ActorWriterDirectorEditorProducer Sep 10 (died age 62) Viunyshche, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now part of Sosnytsia, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine] 1926–2025 (99 year career)
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Biography

Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko was a Ukrainian Soviet screenwriter, film producer and director. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory. Although Oleksandr Dovzhenko's parents were uneducated, his semi-literate grandfather encouraged him to study, leading him to become a teacher at the age of 19. Dovzhenko turned to film in 1926 when he landed in …

Known For

Earth
Film

Earth

Director
Triumph Over Violence
Film

Triumph Over Violence

Self (archive footage)
Arsenal
Film

Arsenal

Director
Zvenyhora
Film

Zvenyhora

Director
Larisa
Film

Larisa

Self (archive footage)
The Enchanted Desna
Film

The Enchanted Desna

Novel
Aerograd
Film

Aerograd

Director
Poem of the Sea
Film

Poem of the Sea

Writer

Filmography