Film Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker

1898 - 1948

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Sergei Eisenstein

His biography is available in 121 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 117 in 2024). Sergei Eisenstein is the 10th most popular film director (up from 13th in 2024), the most popular biography from Latvia and the most popular Latvian Film Director.

Sergei Eisenstein is most famous for his work on the films Battleship Potemkin and October. He was a Russian filmmaker who made many films in the Soviet Union.

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Sergei Eisenstein is the highest-ranked of the 383 individuals in Pantheon born in Latvia.

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Sergei Eisenstein's biography appears in 121 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Film Directors.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 10 out of 2,296. Before him are Akira Kurosawa, David Lynch, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, and Stanley Kubrick. After him are Roman Polanski, D. W. Griffith, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar, and Leni Riefenstahl.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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Akira Kurosawa
1910 - 1998
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 4
David Lynch
1946 - 2025
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 5
Federico Fellini
1920 - 1993
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 6
Ingmar Bergman
1918 - 2007
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 7
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 - 1980
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 8
Stanley Kubrick
1928 - 1999
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 9
Sergei Eisenstein
1898 - 1948
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 10
Roman Polanski
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 11
D. W. Griffith
1875 - 1948
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 12
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1922 - 1975
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 13
Woody Allen
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 14
Pedro Almodóvar
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 15
Leni Riefenstahl
1902 - 2003
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 16

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 7. Before him are Bertolt Brecht, Golda Meir, Erich Maria Remarque, Alvar Aalto, Federico García Lorca, and Enzo Ferrari. After him are René Magritte, Stefania Turkewich, Umm Kulthum, Zhou Enlai, Leo Szilard, and William James Sidis. Among people deceased in 1948, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 4. Before him are Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Edgar de Wahl. After him are D. W. Griffith, Hideki Tojo, Mileva Marić, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, Osamu Dazai, Edith Roosevelt, and Walther von Brauchitsch.

Others Born in 1898

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Bertolt Brecht
WRITER
1898 - 1956
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 1
Golda Meir
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1978
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 2
Erich Maria Remarque
WRITER
1898 - 1970
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 3
Alvar Aalto
ARCHITECT
1898 - 1976
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 4
Federico García Lorca
WRITER
1898 - 1936
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 5
Enzo Ferrari
RACING DRIVER
1898 - 1988
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 6
Sergei Eisenstein
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1948
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 7
René Magritte
PAINTER
1898 - 1967
HPI: 80.07
Rank: 8
Stefania Turkewich
COMPOSER
1898 - 1977
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 9
Umm Kulthum
SINGER
1898 - 1975
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 10
Zhou Enlai
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1976
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 11
Leo Szilard
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1964
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 12
William James Sidis
LINGUIST
1898 - 1944
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 13

Others Deceased in 1948

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Mahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 1
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1948
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 2
Edgar de Wahl
LINGUIST
1867 - 1948
HPI: 81.92
Rank: 3
Sergei Eisenstein
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1948
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 4
D. W. Griffith
FILM DIRECTOR
1875 - 1948
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 5
Hideki Tojo
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1948
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 6
Mileva Marić
COMPANION
1875 - 1948
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 7
Edvard Beneš
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1948
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 8
Franz Lehár
COMPOSER
1870 - 1948
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 9
Osamu Dazai
WRITER
1909 - 1948
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 10
Edith Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1948
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 11
Walther von Brauchitsch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1948
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12