Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Soviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956)

0.82body-of-work score · ranked #996 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
August 29, 1894 · Sosnytsia
Died
November 25, 1956 · Moscow
Nationality
Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Na · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    EarthЗемля

    1930 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.492 citations
  2. 2
    ArsenalАрсенал

    1929 · Soviet Union · silent, war, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  3. 3
    IvanИван

    1932 · Soviet Union · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  4. 4
    AerogradАэроград

    1935 · Soviet Union · sci-fi, adventure

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 14 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1926Love's Berries
  • 1926Wanja der Reformator
  • 1927The Diplomatic Pouch
  • 1927Zvenigora
  • 1929Arsenal
  • 1930Earth
  • 1932Ivan
  • 1935Aerograd
  • 1939Shchors
  • 1940Bukovina, a Ukrainian land
  • 1940Liberation
  • 1943Ukraine in Flames
  • 1949Michurin
  • 1951Farewell, America