Eduard Kazimirovich Tisse (russian: Эдуа́рд Казими́рович Тиссэ́, lv, Eduards Tisē; 13 April 1897 – 18 November 1961) was a

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cinematographer.

Early life and career

He was born to an Estonian Swedish father and

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mother in

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; he grew up in Liepāja and studied both painting and photography. Tisse started his career as a

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cameraman working under difficult conditions. From 1916 to 1918, he worked as a military cameraman. In 1921, Tisse became a professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His career did not take off until he worked with director

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scree ...

on the film ''

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''. Tisse would become Eisenstein's standard cinematographer for the next twenty years. Tisse, along with Eisenstein and

Grigori Alexandrov Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (russian: Григо́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров; original family name was Мормоненко or Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 – 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet ...

went on a trip in 1929. They traveled to Europe and the United States with the intent of finding new sound equipment and creating connections between Hollywood and the Soviet film industry. Eisenstein signed with Paramount Pictures and trio headed to

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. They worked on several pictures, but nothing was actually produced. Through Eisenstein, photojournalist

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met Tisse and in 1932, collaborated with her on ''

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'' (1933); this would be Bourke-White's only attempt at film making. In 1942, Tisse worked on the film ''

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'' with Soviet filmmaker

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. The film focused on the character Slavko Babic, his life and death, as well as the Yugoslav Partisan liberation during

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. The film proved to be very influential for future Yugoslav filmmakers. His favorite camera was the

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, which he continued to use even during the sound era to film silent sequences.

Selected filmography

*''

'' (1924); directed by

*''

The Battleship Potemkin '' Battleship Potemkin'' (russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин», ''Bronenosets Potyomkin''), sometimes rendered as ''Battleship Potyomkin'', is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by S ...

'' (1925); directed by

*'' October: Ten Days That Shook the World'' (1928); directed by

*''

Aerograd ''Aerograd'' (russian: Аэроград, also referred to as ''Air City'' or ''Frontier'') is a 1935 Soviet drama film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, a coproduction between Mosfilm and VUFKU. It is an adventure story set in the Sovi ...

'' (1935); directed by

Alexander Dovzhenko Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...

*'' ¡Que viva México!'' (1937); directed by

*'' Alexander Nevsky'' (1938); directed by

*'' Ivan the Terrible'' (1944–46); directed by

*'' The Immortal Garrison''; 1956

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tisse, Eduard 1897 births 1961 deaths People from Liepāja People from Courland Governorate Russian people of Estonian descent Russian people of Swedish descent Soviet cinematographers Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography faculty Latvian cinematographers