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Elizaveta Svilova
Directing
Born September 5, 1900 · Moscow, USSR
Died November 11, 1975
Also known as Yelizaveta Svilova · Е. Свилова · Елизавета Вертова
Biography
Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova (Russian: Елизаве́та Игна́тьевна Сви́лова, rendered in Latin as Elizaveta Svilova) (5 September 1900, Moscow – 11 November 1975, Moscow) was a Russian filmmaker and film editor. She is perhaps best known for making films with her husband Dziga Vertov and her brother-in-law Mikhail Kaufman. She is also known for her documentaries about World War II and for appearing in and editing Man with a Movie Camera (1929).
Awards & recognition
- Order of the Badge of Honour · 1950
- Stalin Prize · 1946
