Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Biography
Oleksandr Dovzhenko was a Ukrainian Soviet filmmaker and screenwriter whose pioneering work in Soviet montage theory earned him recognition alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin. He directed only seven films over his 20-year career, including the acclaimed "Ukraine Trilogy" and Shchors, for which he received the Stalin Prize in 1941. A mentor to Larysa Shepitko and Sergei Parajanov, Dovzhenko died in 1956 at the age of 62.