Dziga Vertov
director, editor, writer
- Birth name:
- Denis Abramovich Kaufman
- Born:
- 1896-01-02, Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]
- Died:
- 1954-02-12, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- Professions:
- director, editor, writer
Biography
Dziga Vertov was born on 2 January 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926). He was married to Elizaveta Svilova. He died on 12 February 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
