Sergei Eisenstein is called one of the symbols of the twentieth century, an era in which cinema came to the forefront and became "the most important of the arts." The innovative director stood at the origins of Soviet cinema and largely determined its appearance. His films "October", "Battleship Potemkin“, ”Alexander Nevsky", "Ivan the Terrible", "Strike" have become world classics. However, Eisenstein's work is not limited to film directing. He was a multi-faceted and extremely active person: he wrote scripts, librettos, staged plays, left behind a whole galaxy of talented students and interesting works on the theory and practice of entertainment arts, as well as several hundred drawings, including sketches, caricatures, sketches of scenery, storyboards, etc. The creative legacy of Sergei Eisenstein is relevant and in demand today. It is studied by professionals, it arouses the constant interest of all those who are interested in the history, theory and practice of cinema and other entertainment arts, it helps to understand what a difficult path the Russian cinema has gone through. This book contains essays and articles by Sergey Mikhailovich, his memories of childhood, his path to directing, working on films, about interesting people, as well as theoretical and journalistic works. The texts are illustrated with his drawings created in the 1920s and 1940s. All the works included in the book were previously published. It was more important for us not to discover something unknown, but to show the versatility and uniqueness of an extraordinary man who can rightfully be considered one of the pillars of the art of cinema.