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Dimitri Kirsanoff

Dimitri Kirsanoff

DirectorWriterProducerCinematographerEditor Mar 6 (died age 57) Tartu, Estonia 1924–1957 (33 year career)
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Biography

Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Дими́трий Кирса́нов) was an early filmmaker, considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for his inexpensively made experimental films. Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire in 1899 to Lithuanian Jewish parents. In the early 1920s he moved to Paris and became involved in cinema through playing cello in the orchestra at showings. He began making films on his own, and neve…

Known For

Ménilmontant
Film

Ménilmontant

Camera Operator
Autumn Mists
Film

Autumn Mists

Director
The Kidnapping
Film

The Kidnapping

Director
Backward Season
Film

Backward Season

Director
Young Girl in the Garden
Film

Young Girl in the Garden

Director
The Cradles
Film

The Cradles

Director
Death of a Stag
Film

Death of a Stag

Director
The Fountain of Arethusa
Film

The Fountain of Arethusa

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)