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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 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).

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Awards & recognition

  • Order of the Badge of Honour · 1950
  • Stalin Prize · 1946

Filmography3 titles