FILM DIRECTOR

Vsevolod Meyerhold

1874 - 1940

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Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (Russian: Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд, romanized: Vsévolod Èmíl'evič Mejerchól'd; born German: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 9 February [O.S. 28 January] 1874 – 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was arrested in June 1939. He was tortured, his wife was murdered, and he was executed on 2 February 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vsevolod Meyerhold is the 166th most popular film director (down from 144th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Russia (down from 290th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Film Director.

Vsevolod Meyerhold was a Russian theater director and theorist who was most famous for his biomechanics, which is a system of physical training that he developed for actors.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 166 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Weir, Lewis Milestone, Louis Malle, Jean Vigo, Claude Lanzmann, and Jacques Rivette. After him are Kim Ki-duk, Jan Švankmajer, Ettore Scola, Tom Holland, Max Ophüls, and István Szabó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 39. Before him are Karl Kraus, Gustav Holst, Reinhold Glière, Josef Suk, Inessa Armand, and Luigi Einaudi. After him are Henri Guisan, Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Lightoller, Charles Ives, Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1940, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 34. Before him are Eugène Dubois, Italo Balbo, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Vito Volterra, Katharina Schratt, and Édouard Vuillard. After him are John A. Hobson, Robert Hichens, Michael Hainisch, Frederick Cook, Nicolae Iorga, and Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 325 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Vasily Perov (1834), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Oleg Penkovsky (1919), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), and George Balanchine (1904). After him are Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Pavlik Morozov (1918), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Yury of Moscow (1281), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), and Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 4. Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), and Nikita Mikhalkov (1945). After him are Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Elem Klimov (1933), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), and Ladislas Starevich (1882).

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