The Man With a Movie Camera
1929
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Dziga Vertov (Russian: Дзига Вертов, born David Abelevich Kaufman, Russian: Дави́д А́белевич Ка́уфман, and also known as Denis Kaufman; 2 January 1896 [O.S. 21 December 1895] – 12 February 1954) was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsreel director, as well as a cinema theorist.
- Soviet
- Elizaveta Svilova (1923–1954; his death)
- 1917–1954
Apr 12, 2024 · Dziga Vertov (born Jan. 2, 1896 [Dec. 21, 1895, Old Style], Belostok, Russia—died Feb. 12, 1954, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet motion-picture director whose kino-glaz (“film-eye”) theory—that the camera is an instrument, much like the human eye, that is best used to explore the actual happenings of real life—had an ...
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Man with a Movie Camera (Russian: Человек с киноаппаратом, romanized: Chelovek s kinoapparatom) is an experimental 1929 Soviet silent documentary film, directed by Dziga Vertov, filmed by his brother Mikhail Kaufman, and edited by Vertov's wife Yelizaveta Svilova. Kaufman also appears as the eponymous Man of the film.
- Soviet Union
- Dziga Vertov
- Dziga Vertov
Aug 12, 2019 · Yale professor John MacKay explores the legacy of the avant-garde Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov and his 1929 masterpiece, “Man with a Movie Camera.” He shares how he discovered Vertov's archive in Moscow, interviewed his family and friends, and wrote a comprehensive biography of his life and work.
Dziga Vertov was a Soviet film director, writer and editor, known for his experimental and avant-garde works. He was born in 1896 in Poland and died in 1954 in Russia. See his credits, photos, trivia and more on IMDb.
- January 1, 1
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Editor
Mar 21, 2003 · Learn about the life and work of Dziga Vertov, the leading theoretician and director of the Kino-Pravda group, who used the camera as a tool to capture and express the real world. Explore his films, his manifestos, his influences, and his legacy in the context of the Soviet cinema and the avant-garde.
Learn about the life and work of Dziga Vertov, the Soviet pioneer of nonfiction film form and a critic of bourgeois cinema. Explore his influential concepts of kino-eye, kino-pravda, and kino-fist, and his legacy for contemporary filmmakers.
