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Dziga Vertov

(1895–1954) Screenwriter Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

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Dziga Vertov was a screenwriter from Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, best known for Kino-eye.

Quick Facts About Dziga Vertov

Born
December 21, 1895
Died
February 12, 1954
Nationality
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Profession
Screenwriter
Notable works
Kino-eye
Known for
Man with a Movie Camera, Kino-Pravda
Spouse
Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova

About Dziga Vertov

Denis Arkadyevich Vertov, better known as Dziga Vertov, 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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

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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