Fédote Bourgasoff
Fédote Bourgasoff , born Fyodor Burgassow (born March 9, 1890 in Lichwin , Russian Empire , † May 12, 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt , France ) was a Russian cameraman .
Life
Burgasov had learned his trade in his native Russia and worked there in the last few years before the outbreak of the October Revolution as a photographer and cameraman for the producer Iossif Yermoljew and the director Jakow Protasanow . During the civil war that followed, Burgasov fled to Paris in 1919, where he continued the collaboration he had begun in Moscow with his fellow Russian exiles.
Bourgassoff still belonged to the entourage Yermoljew, who from then on called himself Joseph N. Ermolieff. Burgassow also adapted his name to French linguistic usage and from then on called himself Fédote Bourgasoff. In Paris and towards the end of the silent film era also briefly in Germany, he photographed several box office hits of Ermolieff with the most important screen star of the Tsarist era, Iwan Mosjukin , in the lead role. Almost all directors in exile who fled Bolshevism to France, including Viktor Tourjansky , Wladimir Strijewski , Alexander Volkov and Jakow Protasanov, used Bourgassoff's experience as a picture designer.
With the beginning of the sound film era, its importance waned. Fédote Bourgasoff was only allowed to use inferior and inexpensive films in the picture; the work on high-quality productions such as Max Ophüls ' Werther adaptation from 1938 or Jean Renoir's film adaptation of Maxim Gorkis Nachtasyl , which Bourgassoff performed under the guidance of well-known colleagues, remained exceptions.
Filmography
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Garson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 491.
Web links
- Fédote Bourgasoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bourgasoff, Fédote |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burgasov, Fyodor (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichvin , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1945 |
| Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt , France |