Mikhail Kaufman
Mikhail Kaufman was a Soviet cinematographer and photographer. In the 1920s, after Mikhail Kaufman returned from the Russian Civil War, his brother director Dziga Vertov offered him the opportunity to participate in his newsreel series Kino-Pravda as a cameraman. Kaufman directed photography for several films, including Vertov's Man with the Movie Camera. The film is built around meta-reference and is full of innovative visual effects: in it, Kaufman acts as a cameraman and is seen shooting the film while walking on high bridges, hanging off the side of a train, climbing a smokestack and crawling underground with miners – all in order to get the best shot. Mikhail Kaufman directed three films: Moscow (1927), In Spring (1929), and An Unprecedented Campaign (1931).
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
| PPlanet of Secrets1964 · Director, Director of Photography | Director, Director of Photography |
| HHalo story1955 · Director | Director |
 Earth in Space1945 · Director | Director |
| OOur Moscow1939 · Director | Director |
| AA Great Victory1933 · Director | Director |
 An Unprecedented Campaign1931 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography | Director, Writer, Director of Photography |
 In Spring1929 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography | Director, Writer, Director of Photography |
 Moscow1927 · Director | Director |
| AA Day at Nursery1927 · Director | Director |
| ЗЗемля в пространстве (The Earth in Space)Director | Director |