Aleksandr Gintsburg
Aleksandr Gintsburg (1 March 1907 – 10 March 1972) was a Soviet cameraman and film director. He graduated from the Leningrad Phototechnicum in 1927 and from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute in 1934.
Also recorded as Aleksandr Ilyich Gintsburg
Aleksandr Gintsburg
- Name
- Aleksandr Gintsburg
- Birth Name
- Aleksandr Il’ich Gintsburg
- Born
- 1 March 1907
- Birthplace
- Rahachow, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
- Died
- 10 March 1972
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
- Occupation
- Cinematographer, Film Director
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Fields
- filming · film direction
- Honours
- Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Languages
- Russian
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Aleksandr Gintsburg (1 March 1907 – 10 March 1972) was a Soviet cameraman and film director. He graduated from the Leningrad Phototechnicum in 1927 and from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute in 1934.
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The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is filming and film direction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Employment is recorded with Belarusfilm. Distinctions recorded are Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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• Name — Aleksandr Gintsburg • Birth Name — Aleksandr Il’ich Gintsburg • Born — 1 March 1907 • Birthplace — Rahachow, Russian Empire (now Belarus) • Died — 10 March 1972 • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) • Occupation — Cinematographer, Film Director • Years Active — 1929 - 1970
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Bolnye nervy (1929) • Transport of Fire (1930) • Zagovor myortvyh (1930) • Son of the Land (1931) • Shame (1932) • Peasants (1935) • Zhenitba Zhana Knukke (1935) • City of Youth (1938) • The Great Beginning (1939) • Shestdesyat dney (1940) • Wings of Victory (1941) • Yego zovut Sukhe-Bator (1942) • Two Soldiers (1943) • Eto bylo v Donbasse (1949) • Private Aleksandr Matrosov (1949) • The Secret Brigade (1949) • Who Laughs Last (1954) • Cinderella (1960) • The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965)
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Rahachow.
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• Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1969) • Honored Art Worker of the Byelorussian SSR (1955)
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