Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin (28 {O.S. 16} February 1893, Penza, Russian Empire — 30 June 1953, Dubulti, Jūrmala, Latvia) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1948). Pudovkin made notable contributions to the early development of the "Soviet montage theory;" unlike renowned Sergei Eisenstein, who mostly relied on heavy montage to glorify the "power of the masses" in his epic dramas, Vsevolod primarily used editing techniques to highlight individual characters.