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 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).
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CameraBirthday
September 5, 1897Deathday
November 3, 1980Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
24Place of birth
Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire (now Poland)Also known as
Михаил Кауфман, Кауфман Михайло Абрамович, Михайло КауфманCast credits
Crew credits
In Spring
Director, Writer, Director of PhotographyAn Unprecedented Campaign
Writer, Director, Director of PhotographyA Sixth Part of the World
Director of Photography, Assistant DirectorThe Eleventh Year
Director of PhotographyKino Eye
Director of PhotographyKino-Pravda No. 6
Director of PhotographyKino-Pravda No. 21
Director of PhotographyMan with a Movie Camera
Director of Photography