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Lev Kuleshov
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Soviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970)
Film & TV
Tambov, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov was a Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist, one of the founders of the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Lev Kuleshov was born in 1899 into an intellectual Russian family. At the time he was born, the family became financially broke, lost their estate and moved to Tambov, living a modest life. In 1911 his…
Known for
- The Kuleshov Effect — Self1969
- Our Cinema — (archive footage)1940
- The Death Ray1925
- At the Red Front — Resident of war zone1920
- For Happiness — Enrico, painter1917
- Black Love1917
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Key facts
- Born
- 13 January [ O.S. 1 January ] 1899, Tambov , Russian Empire
- Died
- 29 March 1970 (1970-03-29) (aged 71), Moscow , Soviet Union
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter
- Years active
- 1917–1943
- Spouse
- Aleksandra Khokhlova ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1923 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lev
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tambov
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Aleksandra Khokhlova
- Occupation
- film director
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Lev Kuleshov (1917) (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1899-01-01
- date of death
- 1970-03-30
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Lev Kuleshov
- Commons category
- Lev Kuleshov
- student
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
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Encyclopedic overview
Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (Russian: Лев Владимирович Кулешов; 13 January [O.S. 1 January] 1899 – 29 March 1970) was a Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist, one of the founders of the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School. He was given the title People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1969. He was intimately involved in development of the style of film making known as Soviet montage, especially its psychological underpinning, including the use of editing and the cut to influence the emotions of audience, a principle known as the Kuleshov effect. He also developed the theory of creative geography, which is the use of the action around a cut to connect otherwise disparate settings into a cohesive narrative.
Life and career
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