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Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957)

Director | Writer | Producer

In France from 1923. 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... See full bio »

Born:

Marc David Kaplan
in Tartu, Estonia

Died:

(age 57) in Paris, France
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1957 Miss Catastrophe
 
1956 Ce soir les jupons volent
 
1955 Le crâneur
 
1954 Moires: Dali/Oster Newsreel (short)
 
1953 Le témoin de minuit
 
1951 Une chasse à courre
 
1950 Various Facts About Paris
 
1950 Backward Season (short)
 
1946 Two Friends (short)
 
1939 Quartier sans soleil
 
1938 L'avion de minuit
 
1938 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
 
1937 Franco de port
 
1936 Jeune fille au jardin (short)
 
1936 La fontaine d'Aréthuse (short)
 
1936 Visages de France (documentary)
 
1935 Les berceaux (short)
 
1934 The Kidnapping
 
1929 Sables
 
1929 Brumes d'automne (short)
 
1927 Destin
 
1926 Ménilmontant (short)
 
1923 The Irony of Fate
 
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1956 Walk Into Hell (uncredited)
 
1939 Quartier sans soleil (writer)
 
1938 L'avion de minuit (writer)
 
1938 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (writer)
 
1937 Franco de port (dialogue / novella / screenplay)
 
1929 Brumes d'automne (short) (writer)
 
1927 Destin
 
1926 Ménilmontant (short)
 
1923 The Irony of Fate (writer)
 
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1934 The Kidnapping (producer)
 
1926 Ménilmontant (short) (producer)
 
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1926 Ménilmontant (short)
 
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1926 Ménilmontant (short)
 
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Alternate Names:

Dimitri Kirsanov
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Before becoming a director, he worked as a violinist in a Paris movie house. See more »

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