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Eduard Tisse(1897-1961)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Eduard Tisse
Eduard Tisse was born on 13 April 1897 in Libava, Grobina uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and The Immortal Garrison (1956). He died on 18 November 1961 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornApril 13, 1897
DiedNovember 18, 1961(64)
BornApril 13, 1897
DiedNovember 18, 1961(64)
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
7.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1944
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin
7.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 1925
The Immortal Garrison (1956)
The Immortal Garrison
6.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1956
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
6.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 1949

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Sergey Eyzenshteyn. Meksikanskaya fantasiya (1998)
    Sergey Eyzenshteyn. Meksikanskaya fantasiya
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1998
  • Que Viva Mexico (1979)
    Que Viva Mexico
    7.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1979
  • Vladimir Lenin in Zhivoy Lenin (1958)
    Zhivoy Lenin
    6.5
    Short
    • original photography (as E. Tisse)
    • 1958
  • The Immortal Garrison (1956)
    The Immortal Garrison
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1956
  • Serebristaya pyl (1953)
    Serebristaya pyl
    5.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1953
  • Man of Music (1952)
    Man of Music
    6.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 1952
  • Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949)
    Vladimir Ilich Lenin
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1949
  • Vstrecha na Elbe (1949)
    Vstrecha na Elbe
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1949
  • Vozvrashchenie s pobedoy (1948)
    Vozvrashchenie s pobedoy
    5.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1948
  • V gorakh Yugoslavii (1946)
    V gorakh Yugoslavii
    5.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1946
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946)
    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
    7.7
    • Cinematographer (as E. Tisse)
    • 1946
  • Time in the Sun (1940)
    Time in the Sun
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1940
  • Alexander Nevsky (1938)
    Alexander Nevsky
    7.4
    • Cinematographer (as E. Tisse)
    • 1938
  • Bezhin lug (1937)
    Bezhin lug
    6.6
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1937
  • Stepan Shagaida in Frontier (1935)
    Frontier
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1935

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Vladimir Lenin in Lenin vivo (1970)
    Lenin vivo
    6.2
    Short
    • cinematographer: archive footage (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
    Ivan the Terrible, Part I
    7.6
    • cinematographer: exteriors
    • 1944
  • Seeds of Freedom
    6.4
    • cinematographer: potemkin sequences
    • 1943
  • The Bear's Wedding (1925)
    The Bear's Wedding
    6.2
    • cinematographer: prologue
    • 1925
  • Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (1925)
    Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine
    6.2
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1925

Director

  • The Immortal Garrison (1956)
    The Immortal Garrison
    6.8
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Gore i radost zhenshchiny (1930)
    Gore i radost zhenshchiny
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1930
  • Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (1930)
    Women's Misery - Women's Happiness
    6.4
    Short
    • Director (as Eduard Tissé)
    • 1930

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • E. Tisse
  • Born
    • April 13, 1897
    • Libava, Grobina uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]
  • Died
    • November 18, 1961
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
  • Relatives
    • Lyudmila Tisse(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Trained as a painter and still photographer. Started working behind the camera on newsreels during the First World War, thereafter branching out into documentaries. Best known for his collaboration with Sergei Eisenstein between 1924 and 1946.
  • Trademark
    Regular cinematographer of Sergei M. Eisenstein.

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