Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Russian: Ð'Ñ ÐµÐ²Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´
Илларионович Пудовкин, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələt
ɪlÉ™rʲɪˈonÉ™vʲɪtÍ¡É• pʊˈdofkʲɪn]; 16 February 1893 â€" 30
June 1953) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and
actor who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's
masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary
Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify
the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the
courage and resilience of individuals. He was granted the title of
People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.Vsevolod Pudovkin was born in
Penza into a Russian family, the third of six children. His father
Illarion Epifanovich Pudovkin came from peasants of the Penza
Governorate, the village of Shuksha and worked in several companies as
a manager and a door-to-door salesman. Vsevolod's mother Elizaveta
Alexandrovna Pudovkina (née Shilkina) was a housewife.A student of
engineering at Moscow University, Pudovkin saw active duty during
World War I, being captured by the Germans. During this time he
studied foreign languages and did book illustrations. After the war,
he abandoned his professional activity and joined the world of cinema,
first as a screenwriter, actor and art director, and then as an
assistant director to Lev Kuleshov.His first notable work was a comedy
short Chess Fever (1925) co-directed with Nikolai Shpikovsky. José
Raúl Capablanca played a small part in it, with a number of other
cameos presented. In 1926 he directed which will be considered one of
the masterpieces of silent movies: Mother, where he developed several
montage theories that would make him famous. Both movies featured
Pudovkin's wife Anna Nikolaevna Zemtsova in supporting female parts
(she left cinema shortly after).
Илларионович Пудовкин, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələt
ɪlÉ™rʲɪˈonÉ™vʲɪtÍ¡É• pʊˈdofkʲɪn]; 16 February 1893 â€" 30
June 1953) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and
actor who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's
masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary
Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify
the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the
courage and resilience of individuals. He was granted the title of
People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.Vsevolod Pudovkin was born in
Penza into a Russian family, the third of six children. His father
Illarion Epifanovich Pudovkin came from peasants of the Penza
Governorate, the village of Shuksha and worked in several companies as
a manager and a door-to-door salesman. Vsevolod's mother Elizaveta
Alexandrovna Pudovkina (née Shilkina) was a housewife.A student of
engineering at Moscow University, Pudovkin saw active duty during
World War I, being captured by the Germans. During this time he
studied foreign languages and did book illustrations. After the war,
he abandoned his professional activity and joined the world of cinema,
first as a screenwriter, actor and art director, and then as an
assistant director to Lev Kuleshov.His first notable work was a comedy
short Chess Fever (1925) co-directed with Nikolai Shpikovsky. José
Raúl Capablanca played a small part in it, with a number of other
cameos presented. In 1926 he directed which will be considered one of
the masterpieces of silent movies: Mother, where he developed several
montage theories that would make him famous. Both movies featured
Pudovkin's wife Anna Nikolaevna Zemtsova in supporting female parts
(she left cinema shortly after).
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