Jay Leyda

February 12, 1910 — Detroit, Michigan, USA

Jay Leyda (February 12, 1910 – February 15, 1988)[1] was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film historian, noted for his work on U.S, Soviet, and Chinese cinema, as well as his collections of documentation on the day-to-day lives of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson.

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Battleship Potemkin

1925

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A Bronx Morning

1931

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People of the Cumberland

1937

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Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

1955

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Youth Gets a Break

1941