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Dziga Vertov(1896-1954)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Editor
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Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov was born on 2 January 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926). He was married to Elizaveta Svilova. He died on 12 February 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornJanuary 2, 1896
DiedFebruary 12, 1954(58)
BornJanuary 2, 1896
DiedFebruary 12, 1954(58)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Man with a Movie Camera
8.3
  • Director
  • 1929
Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
Three Songs About Lenin
6.6
  • Director
  • 1934
Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
The Sixth Part of the World
7.1
  • Director
  • 1926
V gorakh Ala-Tau
  • Director
  • 1944

Credits

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Director

  • Novosti dnya (1954)
    Novosti dnya
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Klyatva molodykh
    • Director
    • 1944
  • V gorakh Ala-Tau
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Kazakhstan - frontu! (1942)
    Kazakhstan - frontu!
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Blood for Blood, Death for Death (1941)
    Blood for Blood, Death for Death
    • Director
    • 1941
  • V rayone vysoty A
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Tri geroini
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Lullaby (1937)
    Lullaby
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Pamyati Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1937)
    Pamyati Sergo Ordzhonikidze
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
    Three Songs About Lenin
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Enthusiasm (1930)
    Enthusiasm
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1930
  • Zvukovaya sbornaya programma No 2
    • directed by
    • 1930
  • Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
    Man with a Movie Camera
    8.3
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Mikhail Kaufman, Dziga Vertov, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in The Eleventh Year (1928)
    The Eleventh Year
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1928
  • Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
    The Sixth Part of the World
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1926

Writer

  • V gorakh Ala-Tau
    • Writer
    • 1944
  • Kazakhstan - frontu! (1942)
    Kazakhstan - frontu!
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1942
  • Tri geroini
    4.5
    • Writer
    • 1938
  • Lullaby (1937)
    Lullaby
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
    Three Songs About Lenin
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
    Man with a Movie Camera
    8.3
    • scenario
    • 1929
  • Mikhail Kaufman, Dziga Vertov, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in The Eleventh Year (1928)
    The Eleventh Year
    6.9
    • writer
    • 1928
  • Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
    The Sixth Part of the World
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1926
  • Stride, Soviet! (1926)
    Stride, Soviet!
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1926
  • The First October Without Ilich
    Short
    • written by
    • 1925
  • Sovetskie igrushki (1924)
    Sovetskie igrushki
    5.7
    Short
    • written by
    • 1924
  • Humoresques (1924)
    Humoresques
    Short
    • written by
    • 1924
  • Kino Eye (1924)
    Kino Eye
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1924
  • Automobile (GUM)
    Short
    • written by
    • 1923
  • Give Us Air!
    5.9
    Short
    • written by
    • 1923

Editor

  • Every Shot from Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera as an Animated GIF
    • Editor
    • 2015
  • Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
    Three Songs About Lenin
    6.6
    • Editor
    • 1934
  • Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
    Man with a Movie Camera
    8.3
    • Editor
    • 1929
  • Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
    The Sixth Part of the World
    7.1
    • Editor
    • 1926
  • Stride, Soviet! (1926)
    Stride, Soviet!
    6.5
    • Editor
    • 1926
  • The First October Without Ilich
    Short
    • Editor
    • 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
    • Editor (uncredited)
    • 1925
  • Humoresques (1924)
    Humoresques
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1924
  • Automobile (GUM)
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • Give Us Air!
    5.9
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • 1 May in Moscow
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • Today
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • State Film Studio Calendar
    4.6
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda. Kinopoema o Lenine (1925)
    Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution
    6.1
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1922
  • Agit-Train of the Central Committee (1921)
    Agit-Train of the Central Committee
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1921

Personal details

  • Born
    • January 2, 1896
    • Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]
  • Died
    • February 12, 1954
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia](stomach cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Elizaveta Svilova1923 - February 12, 1954 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Brother of Boris Kaufman.
  • Trademark
    Great use of editing techiniques in his movies

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