Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova (Russian: Ð•Ð»Ð¸Ð·Ð°Ð²ÐµÌ Ñ‚Ð°
Ð˜Ð³Ð½Ð°Ì Ñ‚ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð²Ð¸Ì Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°, rendered in Latin as
Elizaveta Svilova) (5 September 1900, Moscow â€" 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).Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova (born
Elizaveta Schnitt) was born on September 5 in Moscow. Starting at age
14, she began film editing for Pathe. She worked with Vladimir Gardin
and with Vsevolod Meyerhold. From 1918 to 1922, she worked at
Narkompros. From 1922, she worked at Goskino. She met Dziga Vertov
while working as a film editor. They married in 1923. After her
husband fell out of favor in the Soviet film industry, Svilova
continued to work in film and supported both of them. They continued
to work together until Vertov's death from stomach cancer in
1954.Though she began as an editor, Svilova moved away from doing
fiction films and onto montage documentary. Her directorial debut was
For You at the Front (1942). The Fall of Berlin (1945), co directed
with Yuli Raziman, won the 1946 Stalin prize.She was the
director-editor of over 100 documentaries and newsreel episodes from
1939 to 1956.
Ð˜Ð³Ð½Ð°Ì Ñ‚ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð²Ð¸Ì Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°, rendered in Latin as
Elizaveta Svilova) (5 September 1900, Moscow â€" 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).Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova (born
Elizaveta Schnitt) was born on September 5 in Moscow. Starting at age
14, she began film editing for Pathe. She worked with Vladimir Gardin
and with Vsevolod Meyerhold. From 1918 to 1922, she worked at
Narkompros. From 1922, she worked at Goskino. She met Dziga Vertov
while working as a film editor. They married in 1923. After her
husband fell out of favor in the Soviet film industry, Svilova
continued to work in film and supported both of them. They continued
to work together until Vertov's death from stomach cancer in
1954.Though she began as an editor, Svilova moved away from doing
fiction films and onto montage documentary. Her directorial debut was
For You at the Front (1942). The Fall of Berlin (1945), co directed
with Yuli Raziman, won the 1946 Stalin prize.She was the
director-editor of over 100 documentaries and newsreel episodes from
1939 to 1956.
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