FILM DIRECTOR

Boris Kaufman

1906 - 1980

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Boris Abelevich Kaufman, A.S.C. (Russian: Бори́с А́белевич Ка́уфман; August 24, 1906 – June 24, 1980) was a Russian-born American cinematographer and the younger brother of Soviet filmmakers Dziga Vertov and Mikhail Kaufman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Kaufman is the 845th most popular film director (down from 773rd in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Poland (down from 805th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Boris Kaufman ranks 845 out of 2,041. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Gianni Amelio, Gregory Hoblit, Frederick Wiseman, Aleksei Balabanov, and Alexander Rou. After him are Sergei Loznitsa, Andrea Arnold, Christian Petzold, Stuart Gordon, Harald Reinl, and William Cameron Menzies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Boris Kaufman ranks 244. Before him are Bart Bok, Frank H. Netter, Joseph Höffner, Óscar Domínguez, Lou Costello, and Alexander Rou. After him are Steve Anderson, Georges Ronsse, Kathleen Kenyon, Herbert Wehner, Madeleine Carroll, and Luo Ruiqing. Among people deceased in 1980, Boris Kaufman ranks 182. Before him are Alfred Neubauer, José de Anchieta Fontana, Paavo Yrjölä, Vasja Pirc, Gerhard von Schwerin, and Lado Gudiashvili. After him are Arend Heyting, Egon Pearson, Simonne Mathieu, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Frank Wykoff, and Gaetano Belloni.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Boris Kaufman ranks 867 out of 1,694. Before him are Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), Władysław Ślewiński (1856), Zofia Zamenhof (1889), Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799), Heinrich von Stephan (1831), and Jan Śniadecki (1756). After him are Broncia Koller-Pinell (1863), Leopold von Wiese (1876), Aleksander Skrzyński (1882), Paweł Adamowicz (1965), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), and Hugo Erdmann (1862).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Boris Kaufman ranks 20. Before him are Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Andrzej Munk (1921), Wojciech Has (1925), Max Fleischer (1883), and Rudolph Maté (1898). After him are Piotr Szulkin (1950), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), Janusz Kamiński (1959), Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949), Juliusz Machulski (1955), and Dariusz Wolski (1956).

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