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name: "Dziga Vertov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dziga-vertov"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "3 January 1896"
died: "11 February 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:36:53.893722+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dziga Vertov

Director and writer. Born 3 January 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire. Died 11 February 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 3 January 1896, Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire
- **Died:** 11 February 1954
- **Also known as:** Давид Кауфман, Denis Arkadievitch Kaufman, 지가 베르토프, Дзиґа Вертов, Денис Кауфман, Д. Вертов

## Biography

Dziga Vertov was a Soviet film director, writer and theorist. Born David Abelevich Kaufman in Bialystok in 1896, he adopted his pseudonym after the October Revolution and began editing newsreels during the Russian Civil War. He later directed a government cinema department and formed the Kinoks group, which promoted the kino-eye approach to documentary filmmaking.

Vertov is best known for the experimental silent documentary *Man with a Movie Camera* (1929), on which he served as director and writer. Other notable works include *Kino-Eye* (1924) and *Enthusiasm: Symphony of Donbas* (1930). He died in Moscow in 1954.

*Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Man with a Movie Camera* (1929), Fi1m 91, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/man-with-a-movie-camera.md)

## Also known for

- *Kino Eye* (1924), Director, Writer
- *Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas* (1930), Director

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