7.9
Movie
Directing
Mikhail Kaufman
- Born
- Died
- (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire (now Poland)
- Credits
- 25 titles
Biography
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.9
Movie
6.7
Movie
Kino-Eye
6.7
Movie
A Sixth Part of the World
6.0
Movie
The Eleventh Year
5.5
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
5.3
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 17
5.9
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
4.9
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story
5.3
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda
5.0
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 15
6.8
Movie
In Spring
5.0
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 6
5.4
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
5.8
Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 8
6.7
Movie
Moscow
1.0
Movie
An Unprecedented Campaign
Movie
Earth in Space
Movie
A Great Victory
Acting credits 4
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | All Vertovs Film | (archive footage) |
| 1966 | World Without a Game Film | Self |
| 1929 | Man with a Movie Camera Film | The Cameraman |
| 1922 | Kino-Pravda No. 8 Film |
Crew credits 22
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Planet of Secrets Film | Director, Director of Photography |
| 1955 | Halo Story Film | Director |
| 1945 | Earth in Space Film | Director |
| 1939 | Our Moscow Film | Director, Camera Operator |
| 1933 | A Great Victory Film | Director |
| 1931 | An Unprecedented Campaign Film | Director, Writer, Director of Photography |
| 1929 | In Spring Film | Director, Writer, Director of Photography |
| 1929 | Man with a Movie Camera Film | Director of Photography |
| 1928 | The Eleventh Year Film | Director of Photography |
| 1927 | Moscow Film | Director |
| 1927 | A Day at Nursery Film | Director |
| 1926 | A Sixth Part of the World Film | Director of Photography, Assistant Director |
| 1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda Film | Director of Photography |
| 1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story Film | Director of Photography |
| 1925 | Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin Film | Director of Photography |
| 1924 | Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda Film | Director of Photography |
| 1924 | Kino-Eye Film | Director of Photography |
| 1924 | Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality Film | Director of Photography |
| 1923 | Kino-Pravda No. 17 Film | Director of Photography |
| 1923 | Kino-Pravda No. 15 Film | Title Designer |
| 1923 | Give Us Air! Film | Director of Photography, Editor |
| 1922 | Kino-Pravda No. 6 Film | Director of Photography |