Eisenstein, SergeiEi‧sen‧stein, Ser‧gei /ˈaɪzənstaɪn, ˈseəɡeɪ $ sərˈɡeɪ-/(1898–1948) a Russian film director, who is generally considered to be one of the greatest directors ever, and who is known especially for The Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Alexander Nevsky (1938)