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Dziga Vertov

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Dziga Vertov, born David Abelevich Kaufman in Bialystok, then in the Russian Empire, on 2 January 1896, was a Soviet pioneer of documentary film and newsreel direction as well as a cinema theorist. He died on 12 February 1954, his career ran from 1917 to 1954, and his filming practices and theories influenced the cinema verite movement. Within this atlas Dziga Vertov is credited as the director of M.

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1896 1
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Denis Arkadyevich Vertov (born David Abelevich Kaufman; 2 January 1896 [O.S. 21 December 1895], 12 February 1954), better known as Dziga Vertov, was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsreel director, as well as a cinema theorist.
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Man with a Movie Camera is a 1929 Soviet experimental silent documentary film, written and directed by Dziga Vertov.
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