Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko or Oleksander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Довженко, Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko; Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko; September 10 [O.S. August 29] 1894 – November 25, 1956), 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.
You can find people similar to Aleksandr Dovzhenko by visiting our lists People from Sosnitsky Uyezd and 20th-century Ukrainian politicians.
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| Date of birth | 11 September 1894
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| Place of birth | Sosnytsia, Russian Empire
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| Date of death | 25 November 1956
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| Age | 62 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Peredelkino, Soviet Union (now Russia)
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Aleksandr Dovzhenko is known for his role in the documentary Ukraine in Flames (1943) as (creative director) (as A. Dovzhenko).
He is also known for his role in the film The Diplomatic Pouch (1927) as (final script).
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