Alexander Mishon (russian: Александр Михайлович Мишон; 5 July 1858, in
Kharkiv – 5 July 1921, near
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
) was a Russian Empire photographer and cinematographer. Born to a
French
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family in Kharkiv, he started his career as a photographer and owned a photo studio in his hometown. He later settled in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
(nowadays capital of
Azerbaijan) and lived there for 25 years.
Here, in 1898, he shot his first films using a Lumière
cinematograph
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. Michon is widely regarded as the pioneer of
Azerbaijani cinema
Cinema of Azerbaijan dates back to the 19th century. Azerbaijan is one of the first countries in the world involved in cinematography. The first Azerbaijani film was a thirty second long silent film called The Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat, which ...
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Filmography
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Balaxanida neft fontani
''The Oil Gush in Balakhany'' ( az, Balaxanıda neft fontanı) is a film written and directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon. It was filmed on August 4, 1898, in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the International Paris ...
(1898) (English: The Oil Gush in Balakhany)
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(1898)
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Bibiheybatda neft fontani yangini (1898) (English: The Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat)
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Alahazrat buxara amirinin 'veliki knyaz Aleksey' paroxodunda yolasalma marasimi (1898) (English: Farewell Ceremony for His Majesty Emir of Bukhara on "Velikiy Kniaz Alexei" Steamboat)
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Ilisdin (1898) (English: You Stumbled)
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Qafqaz raqsi (1898) (English: The Folk Dance of Caucasus)
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Bazar küçasi sübh çag (1898)
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(1898)
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Qatarin damiryol stansiyasina daxil olmasi (1898) (English:Train Entering the Railroad Station)
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Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi
''Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi'' (People's walk in the city park) is one of the earliest films produced in the cinema of Azerbaijan. Directed by Azeri cinema pioneer Aleksandr Mişon, it was filmed on May 31, 1898 and released on June 21, ...
(1898)
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People from the Russian Empire of French descent
Cinema pioneers
Film directors from the Russian Empire
Cinematographers from the Russian Empire
1921 deaths
1858 births
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