Alexander Dovzhenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Dovzhenko

Ukrainian and Soviet screenwriter, film producer and director

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1894

Place of Birth: Sosnytsia, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1956

Profession: screenwriter, writer, diplomat, film director, film producer, film editor

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko or Oleksander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Ukrainian: ????????? ???????? ????????, Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko; Russian: ??????´??? ?????´??? ?????´???, Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko; September 10 [O.S.
August 29] 1894 – November 25, 1956), was a Soviet screenwriter, film producer and director.
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.