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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)
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
7.6
  • Cinematographer
  • 1929
An Unprecedented Campaign (1931)
An Unprecedented Campaign
6.8
  • Director
  • 1931
Moskva (1927)
Moskva
7.4
  • Cinematographer
  • 1927
Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
The Sixth Part of the World
7.2
  • Cinematographer
  • 1926

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Cinematographer

  • Na Dunae
    • Cinematographer
    • 1940
  • In Spring (1929)
    In Spring
    7.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1929
  • Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova, Dziga Vertov, 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
    7.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1927
  • Alexander Rodchenko in The Sixth Part of the World (1926)
    The Sixth Part of the World
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 1926
  • The First October Without Ilich
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1925
  • Kino Eye (1924)
    Kino Eye
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1924
  • Today
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1923
  • Give Us Air!
    5.2
    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 - Krestianskaia Kino-pravda
    5.4
    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
    5.9
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1924
  • Today
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1923

Director

  • An Unprecedented Campaign (1931)
    An Unprecedented Campaign
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1931
  • In Spring (1929)
    In Spring
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Moskva (1927)
    Moskva
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1927

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  • 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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