Eduard Tisse

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Eduard Tisse

Camera April 1, 1897

Liepāja, Latvia

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…

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Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

7.6 1925 Movie
Strike

Strike

7.4 1925 Movie
Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

7.3 1944 Movie
Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

7.0 1938 Movie
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

6.9 1928 Movie
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

7.4 1958 Movie
¡Qué Viva México!

¡Qué Viva México!

6.8 1979 Movie
The General Line

The General Line

6.4 1929 Movie
Aerograd

Aerograd

5.0 1935 Movie
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

5.5 1925 Movie
Sentimental Romance

Sentimental Romance

6.7 1931 Movie
The Disaster in Oaxaca

The Disaster in Oaxaca

6.2 1931 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Seeking Tisse

    Movie Self (archival footage)

  2. 1998
    Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

    Movie Himself

  3. 1979
    ¡Qué Viva México!

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1974
    Autumn

    Movie Camera Operator

  5. 1963
    The Magic Beam

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 1958
    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 1958
    Lenin Is Alive

    Movie Camera Operator

  8. 1958
    Sergei Eisenstein

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 1956
    The Immortal Garrison

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1953
    Silvery Dust

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 1952
    Man of Music

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1949
    Meeting on the Elbe

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 1948
    Mājup ar uzvaru

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1946
    In the Mountains of Yugoslavia

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1944
    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1940
    Time in the Sun

    Movie Director of Photography

More credits
  1. 1938
    Alexander Nevsky

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 1935
    Aerograd

    Movie Editor

  3. 1934
    Death Day

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 1933
    Thunder Over Mexico

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1933
    Internationale

    Movie Camera Operator

  6. 1933
    Moskva–Karakum–Moskva

    Movie Director

  7. 1932
    Hurray Mexico!

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1931
    Sentimental Romance

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 1931
    The Disaster in Oaxaca

    Movie Writer

  10. 1930
    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    Movie Director

  11. 1929
    The General Line

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1928
    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    Movie German Soldier

  13. 1925
    Battleship Potemkin

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1925
    Jewish Luck

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1925
    Strike

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1925
    Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

    Movie Director of Photography

  17. 1925
    The Bear's Wedding

    Movie Director of Photography

  18. 1924
    Старец Василий Грязнов

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. 1923
    Latvijas Republikas 5 gadu pastāvēšanas svinības Rīgā

    Movie Director

  20. 1921
    Funeral of Pyotr Kropotkin

    Movie Cinematography

  21. 1921
    Sickle and Hammer

    Movie Director of Photography