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Mikhail Kaufman(1897-1980)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
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Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
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Mikhail Kaufman was born on 5 September 1897 in Bialystok, Poland, Russian Empire [now Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for In Spring (1929), An Unprecedented Campaign (1931) and Moskva (1927). He died on 11 March 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornSeptember 5, 1897
DiedMarch 11, 1980(82)
BornSeptember 5, 1897
DiedMarch 11, 1980(82)
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In Spring (1929)
In Spring
7.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 1929
An Unprecedented Campaign (1931)
An Unprecedented Campaign
7.0
  • Director
  • 1931
Moskva (1927)
Moskva
7.5
  • Cinematographer
  • 1927
Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
The Sixth Part of the World
7.1
  • Cinematographer
  • 1926

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • To Everyone: Chelovek's Kinoapparatom (2025)
    To Everyone: Chelovek's Kinoapparatom
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 2025
  • Every Shot from Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera as an Animated GIF
    • Cinematographer
    • 2015
  • Khudozhnik Boris Prorokov
    Short
    • cinematographer
    • 1960
  • Na Dunae
    • Cinematographer
    • 1940
  • In Spring (1929)
    In Spring
    7.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1929
  • Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
    Man with a Movie Camera
    8.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1929
  • Mikhail Kaufman, Dziga Vertov, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in The Eleventh Year (1928)
    The Eleventh Year
    6.9
    • Cinematographer (as M. Kaufman)
    • 1928
  • Moskva (1927)
    Moskva
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1927
  • Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
    The Sixth Part of the World
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 1926
  • The First October Without Ilich
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1925
  • Kino Eye (1924)
    Kino Eye
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1924
  • Give Us Air!
    5.9
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1923
  • Today
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1923

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Mikhail Kaufman, Dziga Vertov, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in The Eleventh Year (1928)
    The Eleventh Year
    6.9
    • camera operator
    • 1928
  • The First October Without Ilich
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1925
  • Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (1925)
    Kino-pravda no. 23 - Radio pravda
    5.9
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1925
  • Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (1925)
    Kino-pravda no. 22: V serdtse krestyanina Lenin zhiv
    5.5
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 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
  • Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (1925)
    Kino-pravda no. 20 - Pionerskaia pravda
    6.0
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1924
  • Today
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1923

Director

  • Khudozhnik Boris Prorokov
    Short
    • director
    • 1960
  • V gostyakh u tryokhgortsev
    Short
    • director
    • 1957
  • Rasskaz o galo
    Short
    • director
    • 1955
  • An Unprecedented Campaign (1931)
    An Unprecedented Campaign
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1931
  • In Spring (1929)
    In Spring
    7.7
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Moskva (1927)
    Moskva
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1927

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Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • M. Kaufman
  • Born
    • September 5, 1897
    • Bialystok, Poland, Russian Empire [now Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland]
  • Died
    • March 11, 1980
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia](undisclosed)
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    Brother of Dziga Vertov.

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