Boris Kaufman
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Born into a Jewish intellectual family in the Grodno Governorate (now Poland) and educated in philosophy and literature at the Sorbonne, Boris Kaufman turned to cinematography on his brother Mikhail’s advice. In France he contributed to poetic realism through work with Jean Vigo and Dimitri Kirsanoff, served in the French Army during World II, and after France’s collapse fled to Canada, briefly jo…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources