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Dziga Vertov

Screenwriter / Film Director / Cinematographer | * 01/03/1896 († 58, 02/11/1954) | Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire
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. His filming practices and theories influenced the cinéma vérité style of documentary movie-making and the Dziga Vertov Group, a radical film-making cooperative which was active from 1968 to 1972. He was a member of the Kinoks collective, with Elizaveta Svilova and Mikhail Kaufman. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, critics voted Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) the eighth-greatest film ever made. Vertov's younger brothers Boris Kaufman and Mikhail Kaufman were also noted filmmakers, as was his wife, Yelizaveta Svilova. He worked with Boris Kaufman and cinematographer Mikhail Kaufman on his most famous film Man with a Movie Camera. ()
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Dziga Vertov (born David Abelevich Kaufman) was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsreel director, as well as a cinema theorist. His filming practices and theories influenced the cinéma vérité style of documentary movie-making and the Dziga Vertov Group, a radical film-making cooperative which was active from 1968 to 1972. The independent, exploratory style of Vertov influenced and inspired many filmmakers and directors. The Dziga Vertov Group borrowed his name. In 1960, Jean Rouch used Vertov's filming theory when making Chronicle of a Summer. His partner Edgar Morin coined Cinéma vérité term when describing the style, using direct translation of Vertov’s KinoPravda. The Free Cinema movement in the United Kingdom during the 1950s, the Direct Cinema in North America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the Candid Eye series in Canada in the 1950s, all essentially owed a debt to Vertov. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, critics voted Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) the 8th best film ever made.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | History | Animation

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Dziga Vertov

Order of the Red Star Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
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Movies with Dziga Vertov as Actor(1)

Movies with Dziga Vertov as Crew(63)

Crew/In Memory Of2017 Ziv Zero
Directing/Director1942 For You at the Front!
Writing/Writer1942 For You at the Front!
Directing/Director1938 Three Heroines
Directing/Director1937 Lullaby
Directing/Director1937 In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Directing/Director1934 Three Songs About Lenin
Editing/Editor1934 Three Songs About Lenin
Writing/Writer1934 Three Songs About Lenin
Directing/Director1930 Sound team program No 2
Directing/Director1930 Enthusiasm
Directing/Director1929 Man with a Movie Camera
Writing/Writer1929 Man with a Movie Camera
Directing/Director1928 The Eleventh Year
Writing/Writer1928 The Eleventh Year
Directing/Director1926 A Sixth Part of the World
Editing/Editor1926 A Sixth Part of the World
Writing/Writer1926 A Sixth Part of the World
Directing/Director1926 Stride, Soviet!
Editing/Editor1926 Stride, Soviet!
Writing/Writer1926 Stride, Soviet!
Directing/Director1925 Kino-pravda no. 21
Directing/Director1925 Kino-Pravda no. 23
Art/Title Designer1924 Kino-pravda no. 18
Directing/Director1924 Kino-pravda no. 18
Directing/Director1924 Kino-pravda no. 20
Directing/Director1924 Kino Eye
Writing/Writer1924 Kino Eye
Directing/Director1924 Soviet Toys
Writing/Writer1924 Soviet Toys
Directing/Director1923 Kino-Pravda No. 16
Directing/Director1923 First May in Moscow
Directing/Director1923 Даешь воздух!
Directing/Director1923 Kino-Pravda No. 14
Directing/Director1923 Kino-Pravda No. 15
Directing/Director1923 Госкинокалендарь
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 1
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 9
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 12
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 10
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 7
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 5
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 2
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 6
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 11
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 3
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 8
Directing/Director1922 Kino-Pravda No. 4
Directing/Director1921 The History of the Civil War
Directing/Director1919 Литературно-инструкторский агитпароход ВЦиК «Красная Звезда»
Directing/Director1919 The Brain of Soviet Russia
Editing/Editor1919 The Brain of Soviet Russia
Directing/Director1918 Kino-week
Directing/Director1918 Anniversary of the Revolution

Additional Information

Official websites:
Full Name: Dawid Kaufman
Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), Ukraine
Born: Friday, 01/03 1896 (January) in Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire
Died: Thursday, 02/11 1954 (February) in Moscow (aged: 58)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Russian (RU)
Spouses (current/former): Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova
Other names for Dziga Vertov (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Дзига Вертов"
"Давид Кауфман"
"Denis Arkadievitch Kaufman"
"지가 베르토프"
"Дзиґа Вертов"
"Денис Кауфман"
"Dsiga Wertow"
Dziga Vertov frequently works together with these people:
Mikhail Kaufman (16x, Crew)
Elizaveta Svilova (14x, Crew)
Aleksandr Lemberg (10x, Crew)
Ivan Belyakov (8x, Crew)
Ivan Beliakov (6x, Crew)
Vasilii Bystrov (5x, Crew)
Vladimir Lenin (4x, Actor)
Petr Novitskii (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:196917, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 10/21/2024