Writer

Aleksandr Dovzhenko

1894 – 1956

Active years (films on this site)

1929–1958

Genres

DramaWarBiography

Schools and movements

Soviet Montage

Directors worked with

Alexander Dovzhenko6 films

Biography

Alexander or Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko, also known as Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko, was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. 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.

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Awards and honours

International

• Order of Lenin 1935
• Order of the Red Banner 1943
• Honored Art Worker of Ukraine
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

National / local

• Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR 1940
• Stalin Prize 1941
• Stalin Prize 1949
• People's Artist of the RSFSR 1950
• Lenin Prize 1959
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• State Stalin Prize, 1st degree

6 films on this site

1. Arsenal 1929 · Alexander Dovzhenko · IMDb 7.1 · Writer
2. Earth 1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
3. Ivan 1932 · Alexander Dovzhenko · IMDb 6.4 · Writer
4. Aerograd 1935 · Alexander Dovzhenko · IMDb 6.0 · Writer
5. Life in Bloom 1948 · Alexander Dovzhenko · IMDb 5.8 · Writer
6. Poem of the Sea 1958 · Alexander Dovzhenko · IMDb 6.6 · Writer