About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1899-03-06
Place of birth:
Tartu, Estonia
Website:
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Dimitri Kirsanoff

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1924 L'Ironie du destin Actor N/A
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Directing
1957 Miss Catastrophe Directing Director N/A
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1956 Tonight the Skirts Fly Directing Director 58
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1955 Le Crâneur Directing Director 58
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1953 The Midnight Witness Directing Director N/A
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1951 Death of a Stag Directing Director 59
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1950 Backward Season Directing Director 59
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1950 Various Facts About Paris Directing Director N/A
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1946 Sunless Neighborhood Directing Director N/A
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1946 Two Friends Directing Director N/A
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1938 The Midnight Airplane Directing Director N/A
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1938 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Directing Director N/A
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1937 Franco de port Directing Director N/A
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1936 Young Girl in the Garden Directing Director 58
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1936 The Fountain of Arethusa Directing Director 58
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1935 The Cradles Directing Director 59
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1935 Scrupule Directing Director N/A
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1934 The Kidnapping Directing Director 59
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1929 Autumn Mists Directing Director 59
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1928 Sables Directing Director N/A
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1927 Destin Directing Director N/A
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1926 Ménilmontant Directing Director 61
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1924 L'Ironie du destin Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1951 Death of a Stag Writing Writer 59
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1950 Backward Season Writing Writer 59
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1946 Sunless Neighborhood Writing Writer N/A
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1938 The Midnight Airplane Writing Writer N/A
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1938 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Writing Writer N/A
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1937 Franco de port Writing Writer N/A
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1927 Destin Writing Writer N/A
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1926 Ménilmontant Writing Writer 61
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1924 L'Ironie du destin Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1934 The Kidnapping Production Producer 59
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1926 Ménilmontant Production Producer 61
Fair

Camera
1926 Ménilmontant Camera Camera Operator 61
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Editing
1926 Ménilmontant Editing Editor 61
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