Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov

Directing

January 3, 1896 — February 11, 1954Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire

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 vérité term when describing the style, using direct translation of Vertov’s KinoPravda. The Free Cinema movement in the United Kingdom during the 1950s, the Direct Cinema in North America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the Candid Eye series in Canada in the 1950s, all essentially owed a debt to Vertov. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, critics voted Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) the 8th best film ever made.

Known for

Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

1929

Kino Eye

Kino Eye

1924

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

1930

Three Songs About Lenin

Three Songs About Lenin

1934

A Sixth Part of the World

A Sixth Part of the World

1926

Soviet Toys

Soviet Toys

1924

Kino-Pravda No. 1

Kino-Pravda No. 1

1922

The Eleventh Year

The Eleventh Year

1928

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925

Kino-Pravda No. 17

Kino-Pravda No. 17

1923

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For You at the Front!

For You at the Front!

1942

Director

In the Area of Height A

In the Area of Height A

1941

Director

Three Heroines

Three Heroines

1938

Director

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze

1937

Director

Lullaby

Lullaby

1937

Director

Three Songs About Lenin

Three Songs About Lenin

1934

Director

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

1930

Director

Sound team program No 2

Sound team program No 2

1930

Director

Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

1929

Director

The Eleventh Year

The Eleventh Year

1928

Director

A Sixth Part of the World

A Sixth Part of the World

1926

Director

Stride, Soviet!

Stride, Soviet!

1926

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda

Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda

1925

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story

Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story

1925

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

1924

Director

Kino Eye

Kino Eye

1924

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean

Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean

1924

Director

Soviet Toys

Soviet Toys

1924

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

1924

Director

Lenin's Kino Pravda: Truth in Cinema

Lenin's Kino Pravda: Truth in Cinema

1924

Director

First May in Moscow

First May in Moscow

1923

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 17

Kino-Pravda No. 17

1923

Director

Goskinokalendar

Goskinokalendar

1923

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 16: Spring Pravda. A Lyrical View Newsreel

Kino-Pravda No. 16: Spring Pravda. A Lyrical View Newsreel

1923

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 15

Kino-Pravda No. 15

1923

Director

Give Us Air!

1923

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 14

Kino-Pravda No. 14

1923

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution

Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 12

Kino-Pravda No. 12

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 11

Kino-Pravda No. 11

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 10

Kino-Pravda No. 10

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 9

Kino-Pravda No. 9

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 8

Kino-Pravda No. 8

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 7

Kino-Pravda No. 7

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 6

Kino-Pravda No. 6

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 5

Kino-Pravda No. 5

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 4

Kino-Pravda No. 4

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 3

Kino-Pravda No. 3

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 2

Kino-Pravda No. 2

1922

Director

Kino-Pravda No. 1

Kino-Pravda No. 1

1922

Director

The History of the Civil War

The History of the Civil War

1921

Director

Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda'

Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda'

1919

Director

The Brain of Soviet Russia

The Brain of Soviet Russia

1919

Director

The Exposure of the Relics of Sergius of Radonezh

The Exposure of the Relics of Sergius of Radonezh

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 35

Kino-Week No. 35

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 34

Kino-Week No. 34

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 33

Kino-Week No. 33

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #1)

Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #1)

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #2)

Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #2)

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 31

Kino-Week No. 31

1919

Director

Protsess Mironova

Protsess Mironova

1919

Director

Kino-Week No. 29

Kino-Week No. 29

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 28

Kino-Week No. 28

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 25

Kino-Week No. 25

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 24

Kino-Week No. 24

1918

Director

Anniversary of the Revolution

Anniversary of the Revolution

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 23

Kino-Week No. 23

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 22

Kino-Week No. 22

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 21

Kino-Week No. 21

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 17

Kino-Week No. 17

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 5

Kino-Week No. 5

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 4

Kino-Week No. 4

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 3

Kino-Week No. 3

1918

Director

Kino-Week No. 1

Kino-Week No. 1

1918

Director

Kino-week

1918

Director

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Man with a Movie Camera: The Global Remake

Man with a Movie Camera: The Global Remake

2009

Characters

For You at the Front!

For You at the Front!

1942

Writer

Three Heroines

Three Heroines

1938

Screenstory

Lullaby

Lullaby

1937

Screenstory

Three Songs About Lenin

Three Songs About Lenin

1934

Writer

Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

1929

Writer

The Eleventh Year

The Eleventh Year

1928

Writer

A Sixth Part of the World

A Sixth Part of the World

1926

Writer

Stride, Soviet!

Stride, Soviet!

1926

Writer

Kino Eye

Kino Eye

1924

Writer

Soviet Toys

Soviet Toys

1924

Writer

The History of the Civil War

The History of the Civil War

1921

Original Film Writer

Anniversary of the Revolution

Anniversary of the Revolution

1918

Original Film Writer

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The Return of Vertov

The Return of Vertov

2024

Self (archive footage)

All Vertovs

All Vertovs

2002

(archive footage)

World Without a Game

World Without a Game

1966

Self (archive footage)

The Magic Beam

The Magic Beam

1963

Self (archive footage)

Kino-Pravda No. 8

Kino-Pravda No. 8

1922

Editing4

Three Songs About Lenin

Three Songs About Lenin

1934

Editor

A Sixth Part of the World

A Sixth Part of the World

1926

Editor

Stride, Soviet!

Stride, Soviet!

1926

Editor

The Brain of Soviet Russia

The Brain of Soviet Russia

1919

Editor

Crew2

Lluvia de jaulas

Lluvia de jaulas

2019

Thanks

Ziv Zero

Ziv Zero

2017

In Memory Of

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Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

1924

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