Mikhail Kaufman

Mikhail Kaufman

Mikhail Kaufman mounting camera on a train, 1929

Stenberg brothers, In Spring, poster, 1930.

Mikhail Abramovich Kaufman (Михаил Абрамович Кауфман; 1897 – March 11, 1980) was a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, experimental photographer, and member of the Kinoks collective. He was the younger brother of filmmaker Dziga Vertov (Denis Kaufman) and the older brother of cinematographer Boris Kaufman.

Filmography

• Moscow, 1927
• In Spring, 1929. A poetic film about Kyiv.
• An Unprecedented Campaign, 1931. Depicts collectivization in Ukraine shortly before the tragedy of Holodomor.

See also

• Dziga Vertov

Links

• Kaufman in Russian State Archive of Literature and Art
• Wikipedia