Early Life and Influences Born: Riga, Latvia (then part of the Russian Empire), January 22, 1898 Family Background: His father, Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein, was a renowned architect. His mother, Julia Ivanovna Konetskaya, came from a prosperous merchant family. Early Interests: Developed an early interest in theatre and visual arts, sketching caricatures and demonstrating a fascination with movement and performance. E…