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Vsevolod Pudovkin

フセヴォロド・プドフキン　/　ふせゔぉろど・ぷどふきん

Actor from Russia

February 28, 1893 – June 30, 1953　・　Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia

Penza Oblast
actor
film director
screenwriter

My Take

Pudovkin is one of those giants whose ideas have quietly outlived his fame. He is often filed away as a footnote next to Eisenstein, yet his theory of montage, the notion that meaning is built in the cut between images, is something every video editor unconsciously relies on today. What strikes me is the breadth: he acted, directed, and wrote, and he kept refining his craft across decades of political upheaval. The shelf of Stalin Prizes and state honors tells one story, but I prefer to see a stubborn craftsman who genuinely believed cinema could think. That conviction is what still makes his work worth studying.

Overview

Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Russian: Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələt ɪl(ː)ərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn]; 28 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Vsevolod Pudovkin
Name (Japanese): フセヴォロド・プドフキン
Reading: ふせゔぉろど・ぷどふきん
Born: February 28, 1893 – June 30, 1953
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Snake
Origin: Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / film director / screenwriter / writer / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Lomonosov Moscow State University

Awards & achievements

1941 Stalin Prize
Order of the Red Banner
1935 Order of Lenin
1948 People's Artist of the USSR
1944 Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1947 Stalin Prize
1950 Stalin Prize
1940 Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3

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