FILM DIRECTOR

Esfir Shub

1894 - 1959

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Esfir Ilyinichna Shub (Russian: Эсфи́рь Ильи́нична Шуб; 16 March 1894, Surazh, Russian Empire – 21 September 1959, Moscow, Soviet Union), also referred to as Esther Il'inichna Shub, was a pioneering Soviet filmmaker and editor in both the mainstream and documentary fields. She is best known for her trilogy of films, Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927), The Great Road (1927), and The Russia of Nicholas II and Leo Tolstoy (1928). Shub is credited as the creator of compilation film and is known for her revolutionary approaches to editing and assembling preserved and archived footage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Esfir Shub is the 872nd most popular film director (up from 873rd in 2019), the 1,505th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,529th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Esfir Shub ranks 872 out of 2,041. Before her are Willis H. O'Brien, Raoul Coutard, Ralph Nelson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ari Folman, and Bruno Dumont. After her are Jean Grémillon, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gustav Machatý, Antoine Fuqua, Luis Puenzo, and Shinobu Hashimoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Esfir Shub ranks 174. Before her are Alfred Romer, Francis Hunter, Olive Thomas, Jack Benny, James Thurber, and Wilhelm Hasse. After her are José Bustamante y Rivero, Florbela Espanca, Henryk Sławik, Krešimir Baranović, Vladimir Triandafillov, and Heikki Liimatainen. Among people deceased in 1959, Esfir Shub ranks 137. Before her are Lou Costello, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, William J. Donovan, Giuseppe Bottai, Roald Larsen, and Alexander Rueb. After her are Jean Grémillon, Friedrich Waismann, Walter Bathe, Max Gerson, Abdul Muis, and Pierre Frieden.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Esfir Shub ranks 1,505 out of 3,761. Before her are Tetyana Yablonska (1917), Vasily Golitsyn (1643), Vyacheslav Zaytsev (1952), Karen Khachaturian (1920), Mischa Auer (1905), and Alexander Chayanov (1888). After her are Gamzat-bek (1789), Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich (1873), Alexander Serov (1820), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), and Nikolai Slichenko (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Esfir Shub ranks 34. Before her are Pyotr Chardynin (1873), Aleksei Balabanov (1959), Alexander Rou (1906), Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), and Gleb Panfilov (1934). After her are Lev Atamanov (1905), Vladimir Gardin (1877), Sergey Obraztsov (1901), Mark Zakharov (1933), Yuri Ozerov (1921), and Karen Shakhnazarov (1952).

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