Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Aleksandr Dovzhenko was born on September 10, 1894 in Vyunishche, Sosnitsa Ueyzd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sosnitsa, Sosnitsa Raion, Chernigov Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Earth (1930), Life in Bloom (1949) and Shors (1939). He was previously married to Yuliya Solntseva. He died on November 25, 1956 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].