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Mikhail Kaufman

Mikhail Kaufman

Directing

September 5, 1897 – November 3, 1980 (died at 83)
Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Male
35 Movies

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 film while walking on high bridges, hanging off the side of a train, climbing a smokestack and crawling underground with miners – all in order to get the best shot. Mikhail Kaufman directed three films: Moscow (1927), In Spring (1929), and An Unprecedented Campaign (1931).

Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

1929 7.8

as The Cameraman

Age 31 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 8
Kino-Pravda No. 8

Kino-Pravda No. 8

1922 5.8
Age 24 (now 83)
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

1929 7.8

Director of Photography

Age 31 (now 83)
Kino Eye
Kino Eye

Kino Eye

1924 6.7

Director of Photography

Age 27 (now 83)
A Sixth Part of the World
A Sixth Part of the World

A Sixth Part of the World

1926 6.6

Assistant Director

Age 29 (now 83)
A Sixth Part of the World
A Sixth Part of the World

A Sixth Part of the World

1926 6.6

Director of Photography

Age 29 (now 83)
The Eleventh Year
The Eleventh Year

The Eleventh Year

1928 5.9

Director of Photography

Age 30 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925 5.5

Director of Photography

Age 27 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 17
Kino-Pravda No. 17

Kino-Pravda No. 17

1923 5.3

Director of Photography

Age 25 (now 83)
In Spring
In Spring

In Spring

1929 6.8

Director of Photography

Age 32 (now 83)
In Spring
In Spring

In Spring

1929 6.8

Director

Age 32 (now 83)
In Spring
In Spring

In Spring

1929 6.8

Writer

Age 32 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

1924 5.9

Director of Photography

Age 26 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda
Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

1924 5.3

Director of Photography

Age 27 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 15
Kino-Pravda No. 15

Kino-Pravda No. 15

1923 5.0

Title Designer

Age 25 (now 83)
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda

Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda

1925 5.4

Director of Photography

Age 27 (now 83)