Dziga Vertov (Russian: Дзига Вертов, Ukrainian: Дзиґа Вертов) January 15 (New Style), 1896–February 12, 1954) was a Soviet pioneer documentary film, newsreel director and cinema theorist. His filming practices and theories paved the way to Cinéma vérité style of documentary moviemaking.
Vertov's brothers Boris Kaufman and Mikhail Kaufman were also notable filmmakers, as...
Date of birth:
- 1896
Date of death:
- 1954
