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Alexander Petrovych Dovzhenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Довженко, Oleksandr; Russian: Александр Петрович Довженко, Aleksandr Petrovich September 10 [O.S. August 29] 1894 - November 25, 1956) was a writer, producer and director of films, and is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin, whose films often celebrated the lives and work of his fellow Ukrainians. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн January 23, 1898 &ndash February 11, 1948) was Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин ( February 16, 1893 – June 20, 1953) was a Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens

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Biography

Alexander Dovzhenko was born in the district of Viunyshche in Sosnytsia, a townlet located in the Russian Empire (now part of the Chernihiv oblast in Ukraine), to Petro Semenovych Dovzhenko and Odarka Ermolaivna Dovzhenko. Sosnytsia (Сocниця is a Townlet and administrative center of the Sosnytsky Raion ( district) of the Chernihiv Oblast ( province Urban-type settlement (посёлок городско́го ти́па posyolok gorodskogo tipa; селище міського типу selyshche mis'koho typu; The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область translit Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. (His ancestors were Cossacks who settled in Sosnytsia in the eighteenth century, coming from the neighbouring province of Poltava. The Cossacks (Каза́ки́ Kazaki; Козаки́ Kozaki; Kozacy are a group of martial people living in the southern Steppe regions of Eastern Poltava (Полтава Połtawa is a City in central Ukraine. ) Alexander was the seventh of fourteen children, but due to the horrific rate of child loss he became the oldest child by the time he turned eleven.

Although his parents were uneducated, Dovzhenko's semi-literate grandfather encouraged him to study, leading him to become a teacher at the age of 19. He escaped military service during both World War I and the Russian Revolution because of a heart condition, but did join the Communist Party in the early 1920s. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them He even served as an assistant to the Ambassador in Warsaw as well as Berlin. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Upon his return to Ukraine in 1923, he began illustrating books and drawing cartoons in Kiev. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the

Dovzhenko turned to film in 1926 when he landed in Odessa. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates His ambitious drive led to the production of his second-ever screenplay, Vasya the Reformer (which he also co-directed). See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television He gained greater success with Zvenigora in 1928 which established him as a major filmmaker of his era. Zvenigora, or Zvenyhora (Звeнигopа ( 1928) is a Soviet 1928 Silent film by Ukrainian director Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His following "Ukraine Trilogy" (Arsenal, Earth, and Ivan), although underappreciated by contemporary Soviet critics (who found some of its realism counter-revolutionary), is his most well-known work in the West. Arsenal ( Russian and Арсенал ( 1928) is a Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. Earth ( Russian and Земля translit Zemlya literally translated "Soil" ( 1930) is a Soviet film by Ivan (Ивaн Iвaн ( 1932) is a Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and his wife Yuliya Solntseva

Although he served as a wartime journalist for the Red Army during World War II, Dovzhenko began to feel ever more oppressed by the bureaucracy of Stalin's Soviet Union. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party After spending several years writing, co-writing and producing films at Mosfilm Studios in Moscow, he turned to writing novels. Mosfilm ( Russian: Мосфильм məs'fʲɨlʲm is a Film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Over a 20 year career, Dovzhenko personally directed only 7 films.

He was a mentor to the young Ukrainian filmmakers Larisa Shepitko and Sergei Parajanov. Larisa Efimovna Shepitko (Лариса Ефимовна Шепитько Artemovsk, Ukrainian SSR, 6 January 1939 - Kalinin Oblast Sergei Parajanov (Սարգիս Հովսեփի Փարաջանյան Sargis Hovsepi Parajanyan; Georgian: სერგეი (სერგო Dovzhenko died of a heart attack on November 25, 1956 in Moscow. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of His wife, Yulia Solntseva continued his legacy by producing films of her own and completing projects Dovzhenko was not able to create.

The Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kiev were named after him in his honor following his death. The Dovzhenko Film Studios (Національна кіностудія художніх фільмів імені О

Dovzhenko's grave in Novodevichy Cemetery
Dovzhenko's grave in Novodevichy Cemetery

Filmography

*codirected by Yuliya Solntseva

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