Soviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956)
Oleksandr Dovzhenko was a Soviet Ukrainian filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed movies during the early-to-mid 20th century. He is historically significant as a pioneering figure in Soviet cinema whose work helped shape the development of film as an artistic medium during a transformative period in cinema history.
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Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (Russian: Александр Петрович Довженко, Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Довженко; September 10 [O.S. August 29] 1894 – November 25, 1956), was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. 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.
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