Dimitri Kirsanoff

Dimitri Kirsanoff

Directing
Born 1899-03-06 Died 1957-02-11 Tartu, Estonia 22 credits
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Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Дими́трий Кирса́нов) was an early filmmaker, considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for his inexpensively made experimental films. Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire in 1899 to Lithuanian Jewish parents. In the early 1920s he moved to Paris and became involved in cinema through playing cello in the orchestra at showings. He began making films on his own, and never worked with a production company. Kirsanoff was at the forefront of Parisian avant-garde filmmaking thanks to works such as Ménilmontant (1926), which combined soviet style montage with hand-held camerawork and lyrically composed static shots. Kirsanoff's early silent films, many starring his first wife Nadia Sibirskaia, are considered his best works. With the coming of sound the quality of his output declined, though he continued to direct commercial ventures into the 1950's. He was married to the actress Nadia Sibirskaïa who starred in several of his early films. His second marriage was to editor Monique Kirsanoff.
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Filmography
Directing 22 credits
Sables
Sables
1928 · Director
The Cradles
The Cradles
1931 · Director
Scrupule
Scrupule
1935 · Director
The Midnight Witness
The Midnight Witness
1953 · Director
Two Friends
Two Friends
1946 · Director
Destin
Destin
1927 · Director, Writer
The Kidnapping
The Kidnapping
1934 · Director, Producer
Death of a Stag
Death of a Stag
1951 · Director, Writer
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant
1926 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
1938 · Director, Writer
Various Facts About Paris
Various Facts About Paris
1950 · Director
Young Girl in the Garden
Young Girl in the Garden
1936 · Director
Autumn Mists
Autumn Mists
1929 · Director
Backward Season
Backward Season
1950 · Director, Writer
Sunless Neighborhood
Sunless Neighborhood
1946 · Director, Writer
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956 · Director
The Fountain of Arethusa
The Fountain of Arethusa
1936 · Director
Franco de port
Franco de port
1937 · Director, Writer
The Midnight Airplane
The Midnight Airplane
1938 · Director, Writer
Miss Catastrophe
Miss Catastrophe
1957 · Director
Le Crâneur
Le Crâneur
1955 · Director
Irony of Fate
Irony of Fate
1924 · Director, Writer
Writing 9 credits
Destin
Destin
1927 · Director, Writer
Death of a Stag
Death of a Stag
1951 · Director, Writer
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant
1926 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
1938 · Director, Writer
Backward Season
Backward Season
1950 · Director, Writer
Sunless Neighborhood
Sunless Neighborhood
1946 · Director, Writer
Franco de port
Franco de port
1937 · Director, Writer
The Midnight Airplane
The Midnight Airplane
1938 · Director, Writer
Irony of Fate
Irony of Fate
1924 · Director, Writer
Producing 2 credits
The Kidnapping
The Kidnapping
1934 · Director, Producer
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant
1926 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Writer, Producer
Acting 1 credit
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant
1926 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Writer, Producer
Other credits 1 credit
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant
1926 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Writer, Producer
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