Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
September 5, 1900
Died
November 11, 1975 (age 75)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR
Also Known As
Yelizaveta Svilova
Е. Свилова
Елизавета Вертова
Elizaveta Svilova
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).
