Dziga Vertov
Known for: Director
Born: January 2, 1896 — Died: February 12, 1954
Place of birth: Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]
Dziga Vertov was born on 2 January 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926). He was married to Elizaveta Svilova. He died on 12 February 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
