Lev Kuleshov

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Lev Kuleshov was a pioneering Soviet filmmaker and film theorist best known for the "Kuleshov effect," which demonstrated how editing shapes audience perception and became foundational to montage theory.

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Lev Kuleshov canonical 18
Grigori Aleksandrov 1
Kuleshov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet filmmaker
film director
film theorist
human
silent film director
birthDate 1899-01-13
birthPlace Russian Empire
Tambov Governorate
citizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
countryOfCitizenshipDuringCareer Soviet Union
deathDate 1970-03-29
deathPlace Moscow
Soviet Union
developedConcept Kino: A New Art
surface form: Kuleshov effect

creative geography
educatedAt Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
employer Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
surface form: All-Union State Institute of Cinematography

VGIK
era Soviet silent cinema
familyName Lev Kuleshov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kuleshov
fieldOfWork cinema
film theory
montage theory
fullName Lev Kuleshov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov
givenName Lev
influenced Alfred Hitchcock
Dziga Vertov
Sergei Eisenstein
Vsevolod Pudovkin
global film editing practices
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
movement Soviet montage school
surface form: Soviet montage
notableFor Soviet montage school
surface form: Kuleshov effect

Soviet montage school
surface form: Soviet montage theory

founding one of the first film schools
notableWork By the Law
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
The Great Consoler
occupation film director
film editor
film theorist
teacher
positionHeld head of directing department at VGIK
professor at VGIK
spouse Aleksandra Khokhlova
wrote Kino: A New Art
Soviet montage school
surface form: The Principles of Montage

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Sergei Eisenstein influencedBy Lev Kuleshov
Soviet montage school notableFigure Lev Kuleshov
Soviet montage school notableFigure Lev Kuleshov
this entity surface form: Grigori Aleksandrov
Soviet montage school theorizedBy Lev Kuleshov
Lev Kuleshov fullName Lev Kuleshov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov
Lev Kuleshov familyName Lev Kuleshov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kuleshov
Vsevolod Pudovkin studiedUnder Lev Kuleshov
Vsevolod Pudovkin influencedBy Lev Kuleshov
By the Law director Lev Kuleshov
By the Law screenwriter Lev Kuleshov
The Great Consoler director Lev Kuleshov
The Great Consoler screenwriter Lev Kuleshov
Kino: A New Art author Lev Kuleshov
Aleksandra Khokhlova associatedWith Lev Kuleshov
Aleksandra Khokhlova spouse Lev Kuleshov