Dziga Vertov
- Born
- 2 January 1896
- Died
- 12 February 1954 (aged 58)
- Place of birth
- Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]
- Birth name
- Denis Abramovich Kaufman
- Known for
- Director
Dziga Vertov was born on 2 January 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926). He was married to Elizaveta Svilova. He died on 12 February 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
