Yelizaveta Svilova
Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova (Russian: Елизаве́та Игна́тьевна Сви́лова, rendered in Latin as Elizaveta Svilova) (5 September 1900, Moscow – 11 November 1975, Moscow) was a Russian filmmaker and film editor.
She was a lifelong collaborator with her husband, Dziga Vertov. She is best known as the supervising editor on Man with a Movie Camera and for appearing in the film.[1]
Biography
Yelizaveta Ignatevna Svilova (born Elizaveta Schnitt) was born on September 5th. Starting at age 14 she began film editing for Pathe. She met Dziga Vertov while working as a film editor. They married in 1924. After her husband feel out of favor with the soviets, Svilova continued to work in film and obtain work for the both of them. They continued to work together until Vertov's death in 1954.
Council of Three
She was part of the "Council of Three," with her husband and brother-in-law, cinematographer Mikhail Kaufman. Together, they "proclaimed a 'death sentence' on the cinema that came before, faulting it for mixing in 'foreign matter' from theater and literature."[4]
The trio was known for their avant garde and futurist ideas. Vertov's work was condemned for not adhering to the socialist realism expectations of the time. in 1927 he was Sovkino Studio.[2]
World War II
She covered the opening of Auschwitz death camp in Poland by the Red Army in January 1945. She filmed a documentary, notably with reenactments, titled Auschwitz, part of an exhibition titled "Filming the War; the Soviets and the Holocaust (1941-1946)" (9 January 2015 – 27 September 2015) in Paris, France, at the Memorial de la Shoah.
In 1946 her film, Zverstva fashitov, was used as evidence in the Nuremberg Trials. She later co-directed a film about the trials with C. Svilov, condemning the warmongering and atrocities present in WWII.
Filmography[5]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1920's | Kino-Pravda | 23 issue newsreel series |
| 1924 | Cinema Eye | Editor |
| 1925 | The First October Without Ilich | 2nd Unit/Assistant Director |
| 1926 | A Sixth Part of the World | 2nd Unit/Assistant Director |
| 1926 | Shagay, Sovet! | 2nd Unit/Assistant Director |
| 1927 | Bukhara | Director |
| 1928 | The Oath of Youth | Director |
| 1928 | The Eleventh Year | 2nd Unit/Assistant Director |
| 1929 | Man with a Movie Camera | Editor |
| 1929 | Enthusiasm | 2nd Unit/Assistant Director |
| 1934 | Three Songs of Lenin | 2nd Unit/Assistant Director |
| 198 | In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze | Assistant Director |
| 1942 | For You at the Front | Director |
| 1944 | Klyatva Molodykh | Director |
| 1945 | The Fall of Berlin | Director, won the 1946 Stalin Prize |
| 1945 | Auschwitz | Director/Writer |
| 1946 | Parade of Youth | Director |
| 1947 | Nuremberg Trials | Director |
References
- ^ Ebert, Roger (December 4, 2009). Man with camera invents new style. Chicago Sun-Times
- ^ a b "Vintage Viewing: Elizaveta Svilova, Mastering Montage | Bitch Flicks". www.btchflcks.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Elizaveta Svilova | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ Lim, Dennis (April 8, 2011). Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin. New York Times
- ^ "Elizaveta Svilova". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
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