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Elizaveta Svilova

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

September 5, 1900(75)

Day of Death

November 11, 1975

Place of Birth

Moscow, USSR

Also Known As

Yelizaveta SvilovaЕ. СвиловаЕлизавета Вертова

Elizaveta Svilova

Directing

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).

Known For

Filmography