# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-kaufman
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:40.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-kaufman"
name: "Boris Kaufman"
slug: "boris-kaufman"
description: "Boris Abelevich Kaufman, A.S.C. was a Russian-born American cinematographer and the younger brother of Soviet filmmakers Dziga Vertov and Mikhail Kaufman."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1903–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Photo_of_Boris_Kaufman.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-08-24"
deathDate: "1980-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.006988120195667365
  historical:           14.251552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442100/"
    handle:    "nm0442100"
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    title: "Boris Kaufman"
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    title: "Boris Kaufman"
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    title: "Բորիս Կաուֆման"
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    title: "Boris Kaufman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump