12018-07-26T20:24:24-07:00Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña6beb73a90c38e77367b9737ee8e808917759a78e310403plain2020-08-05T09:35:16-07:00Riga, Livonia, Russian EmpireJanuary 22, 1898February 11, 19484Moscow, USSR/RussiaIsabella Buzynski4c5090420af98824ad786b6dac1f314b9e9f95a8Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (1898-1948) was a Soviet film director and film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He directed Battleship Potemkin (1925), featuring a famed scene on the Odessa Steps.