Esfir Shub
Soviet film director
Died when: 65 years 189 days (786 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Esfir Ilyinichna Shub (Russian: ????´?? ????´????? ???; 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.
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