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Mikhail Kaufman

Mikhail Kaufman

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

Born

Sep 05, 1897

Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire (now Poland)

Died

Nov 03, 1980

Known For

Directing

Movies

4 acting

31 crew

Popularity

0.1

Known For

Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 as The Cameraman
★ 7.8
World Without a Game
World Without a Game
1966 as Self
All Vertovs
All Vertovs
2002 as (archive footage)
Kino-Pravda No. 8
★ 5.8