Soviet and russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, and theatre and opera director (1932-1986).

Born April 4th, 1932 in Zavrazhye. ^[ref]

Died December 29th, 1986 at 54 years old in Paris (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Sergei Eisenstein

Born January 22nd, 1898 in Riga.

Died July 23rd, 1948 at 50 years old

Stanley Kubrick

Born July 26th, 1928 in The Bronx.

Died March 7th, 1999 at 70 years old

Akira Kurosawa

Born March 23rd, 1910 in Shinagawa-ku.

Died September 6th, 1998 at 88 years old

Anton Chekhov

Born January 17th, 1860 in Taganrog.

Died July 15th, 1904 at 44 years old

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Born December 11th, 1918 in Kislovodsk.

Died August 3rd, 2008 at 89 years old