Mikhail Kaufman

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).

Known For

Man with a Movie Camera

The Cameraman

All Vertovs

(archive footage)

World Without a Game

Himself

Kino-Pravda No. 8

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2002	All Vertovs	(archive footage)
1966	World Without a Game	Himself
1929	Man with a Movie Camera	The Cameraman
1922	Kino-Pravda No. 8

Year	TV Show	Role