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Also known as Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov, Lev Koulechov

Soviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970)

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  • Kuleshov on Film
  • Praktika kinorezhissury
  • Selected works

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Film & TV

Directing · Tambov, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov was a Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist, one of the founders of the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Lev Kuleshov was born in 1899 into an intellectual Russian family. At the time he was born, the family became financially broke, lost their estate and moved to Tambov, living a modest life. In 1911 his…

Known for

  • The Kuleshov Effect — Self1969
  • Our Cinema — (archive footage)1940
  • The Death Ray1925
  • At the Red Front — Resident of war zone1920
  • For Happiness — Enrico, painter1917
  • Black Love1917

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Russia
Active from
1962

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Key facts

Born
13 January [ O.S. 1 January ] 1899, Tambov , Russian Empire
Died
29 March 1970 (1970-03-29) (aged 71), Moscow , Soviet Union
Occupations
Film director screenwriter
Years active
1917–1943
Spouse
Aleksandra Khokhlova ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1923 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (Russian: Лев Владимирович Кулешов; 13 January [O.S. 1 January] 1899 – 29 March 1970) was a Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist, one of the founders of the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School. He was given the title People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1969. He was intimately involved in development of the style of film making known as Soviet montage, especially its psychological underpinning, including the use of editing and the cut to influence the emotions of audience, a principle known as the Kuleshov effect. He also developed the theory of creative geography, which is the use of the action around a cut to connect otherwise disparate settings into a cohesive narrative.

Life and career

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