Directing
Dziga Vertov
- Born
- Jan 3, 1896 · Aged 58
- Died
- Feb 11, 1954
- Place of birth
- Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 5
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 67
Also known as (6)
- Давид Кауфман
- Denis Arkadievitch Kaufman
- 지가 베르토프
- Дзиґа Вертов
- Денис Кауфман
- Д. Вертов
Biography
Dziga Vertov (born David Abelevich Kaufman) 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. The independent, exploratory style of Vertov influenced and inspired many filmmakers and directors. The Dziga Vertov Group borrowed his name. In 1960, Jean Rouch used Vertov's filming theory when making Chronicle of a Summer. His partner Edgar Morin coined Cinéma…
