1899 - 1970
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lev Kuleshov has received more than 238,006 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Lev Kuleshov is the 201st most popular film director (down from 168th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Russia (down from 326th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Film Director.
Lev Kuleshov was a Russian filmmaker who is most famous for his editing technique called the Kuleshov Effect. He found that when a shot of a person was placed next to a shot of food, the viewer would focus on the food, but when the shot of the person was next to a shot of an object, the viewer would focus on the person.
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Among film directors, Lev Kuleshov ranks 201 out of 1,581. Before him are Richard Donner, Shohei Imamura, Jean Negulesco, Alan J. Pakula, Otto Preminger, and Chris Columbus. After him are Max Ophüls, Tony Richardson, Agnieszka Holland, Mike Newell, Sam Raimi, and Liliana Cavani.
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 195
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 196
1900 - 1993
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 197
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 198
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 199
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 200
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 201
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 202
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 203
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 204
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 205
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 206
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 207
Among people born in 1899, Lev Kuleshov ranks 48. Before him are Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Ludwig Guttmann, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Louis Chiron, Sobhuza II, and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck. After him are Henri Michaux, Lao She, Macfarlane Burnet, Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, and Georges Auric. Among people deceased in 1970, Lev Kuleshov ranks 47. Before him are Italo Gariboldi, Lázaro Cárdenas, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Arthur Adamov, E. M. Forster, and Sonny Liston. After him are B. H. Liddell Hart, Percy Spencer, Barnett Newman, Jean Giono, Elsa Triolet, and Maud Lewis.
1899 - 1938
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 42
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 43
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 44
1899 - 1979
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 45
1899 - 1982
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 46
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 47
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 48
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 49
1899 - 1966
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 50
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 51
1899 - 1965
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 52
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 53
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 54
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 41
1895 - 1970
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 42
1893 - 1970
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 43
1908 - 1970
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 44
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 45
1932 - 1970
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 46
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 47
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 48
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 49
1905 - 1970
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 50
1895 - 1970
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 51
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 52
1903 - 1970
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 53
Among people born in Russia, Lev Kuleshov ranks 390 out of 3,262. Before him are Tamara Karsavina (1885), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Sergey Mikhalkov (1913), Naina Yeltsina (1932), Sergey Nechayev (1847), and Pavel Nakhimov (1802). After him are Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Mengu-Timur (1235), Andrei Bely (1880), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), and Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848).
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 384
1872 - 1971
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 385
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 386
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 387
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 388
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 389
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 390
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 391
1235 - 1282
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 392
1880 - 1934
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 393
1819 - 1876
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 394
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 395
1848 - 1909
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 396
Among film directors born in Russia, Lev Kuleshov ranks 7. Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), and Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893). After him are Leonid Gaidai (1923), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Elem Klimov (1933), Ladislas Starevich (1882), Yuri Norstein (1941), and Alexander Sokurov (1951).
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 1
1863 - 1938
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 3
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 5
1893 - 1953
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 6
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 7
1923 - 1993
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 8
1927 - 2015
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 9
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 10
1882 - 1965
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 11
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 13