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Boris Kaufman (1906–1980)

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Boris Kaufman, the Oscar-winning cinematographer who shot Jean Vigo's oeuvre and helped introduce a neo-realistic style into American films, was born on August 24, 1897, in Bialystok, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. The youngest son of librarians, the Soviet directors Denis Kaufman (a.k.a... See full bio »

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in Bialystok, Poland, Russian Empire [now Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland]

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(age 73) in New York City, New York, USA
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1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
 
1968 The Brotherhood
 
1968 Uptight
 
1968 Bye Bye Braverman
 
1966 The Group
 
1965 Film (short)
 
1964 The Pawnbroker
 
1964 The World of Henry Orient
 
1963 All the Way Home (director of photography)
 
1963 Gone Are the Days!
 
1962 Long Day's Journey Into Night
 
1961 Splendor in the Grass (director of photography)
 
1959 The Fugitive Kind (director of photography)
 
1959 That Kind of Woman
 
1957 12 Angry Men (director of photography)
 
1956 Baby Doll (director of photography)
 
1956 Crowded Paradise
 
1956 Patterns
 
1956 Singing in the Dark
 
1954 Garden of Eden
 
1954 On the Waterfront (director of photography)
 
1952 Leonardo da Vinci (documentary)
 
1952 Musiquiz (short)
 
1950 The Rhumba Seat (short)
 
1950 Paramount Pacemaker: (K10-3) Country Cop (short)
 
1949 Paramount Pacemaker No. K9-1: Caribbean Capers (short)
 
1949 The Football Fan (short)
 
1949 Roller Derby Girl (documentary short)
 
1949 Southward Ho Ho! (short)
 
1949 The Lambertville Story (short)
 
1949 Neighbors in the Night (short)
 
1947 Journey Into Medicine (documentary)
 
1945 A Better Tomorrow (short)
 
1944 Hymn of the Nations (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1940 Sérénade
 
1939 Le veau gras
 
1939 Fort Dolorès
 
1938 Les gaietés de l'exposition
 
1938 Êtes-vous jalouse?
 
1937 Cinderella
 
1937 De man zonder hart
 
1937 L'homme sans coeur
 
1936 Quand minuit sonnera
 
1936 Klokslag twaalf
 
1936 Oeil de lynx, détective
 
1936 Jeune fille au jardin (short)
 
1936 You Can't Fool Antoinette
 
1935 Les berceaux (short)
 
1934 Le père Lampion
 
1934 Zouzou
 
1934 L'Atalante
 
1933 Zero de Conduite (short)
 
1933 Le chemin du bonheur
 
1932 Le mile de Jules Ladoumègue (documentary short)
 
1931 Taris (documentary short)
 
1930 À Propos de Nice (documentary short)
 
1927 The March of the Machines (short)
 
1927 Les Halles centrales (short)
 
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1937 Les hommes sans nom (camera operator)
 
1935 Lucrezia Borgia (camera operator - as Kauffmann)
 
1934 Zouzou (camera operator - as Kaufman)
 
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1944 Hymn of the Nations (documentary short)
 
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1927 Les Halles centrales (short)
 
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1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Award for Best Cinematogopher / Himself
– Look Magazine Movie Awards Show (1955) … Himself/Award for Best Cinematogopher (credit only)
 
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2002 Vse Vertovy (documentary)
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