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Mikhail Kaufman

Directing · Died aged 83

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TMDB ID
1042437 ↗
Born
1897-09-05
Died
1980-11-03
Age at death
83
Place of birth
Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Known for
Directing

Biography

Mikhail Kaufman was a Soviet cinematographer and photographer. In the 1920s, after Mikhail Kaufman returned from the Russian Civil War, his brother director Dziga Vertov offered him the opportunity to participate in his newsreel series Kino-Pravda as a cameraman. Kaufman directed photography for several films, including Vertov's Man with the Movie Camera. The film is built around meta-reference and is full of innovative visual effects: in it, Kaufman acts as a cameraman and is seen shooting the film while walking on high bridges, hanging off the side of a train, climbing a smokestack and crawling underground with miners – all in order to get the best shot. Mikhail Kaufman directed three films: Moscow (1927), In Spring (1929), and An Unprecedented Campaign (1931).

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Filmography

Directing10
Cinematography and camera16
Acting4
Writing2
Editing1
Art1