Portrait of Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

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Biography

Eduard Tisse (13 April 1897 – 18 November 1961) was a Soviet cinematographer. In 1921, Tisse became a professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His career took off when he worked with director Sergei Eisenstein on the film Strike. Tisse would become Eisenstein's standard cinematographer for the next twenty years.

Born: April 1, 1897

Place of Birth: Liepāja, Latvia

Filmography

2017
Seeking Tisse

as Self (archival footage)

1963
The Magic Beam

as Self (archive footage)

1958
Sergei Eisenstein

as Self (archive footage)