# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kaufman
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:19:17.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kaufman"
name: "Mikhail Kaufman"
slug: "mikhail-kaufman"
description: "Mikhail Abelevich Kaufman was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer and photographer. He was the younger brother of filmmaker Dziga Vertov and the older brother of cinematographer Boris Kaufman."
tagline: "Soviet Russian camera operator and film director (1897-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail_kaufman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1897-09-04"
deathDate: "1980-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             1.071428571428571
  historical:           11.17332933333333
  currentAttention:     5.952380952380952
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442227/"
    handle:    "nm0442227"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кауфман Михайло Абрамович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميخايل كاوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Kaufman"
    title: "Michail Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Abramowitsch_Kaufman"
    title: "Michail Abramowitsch Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kaufman"
    title: "Mikhail Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Kaufman"
    title: "Mihail Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Kaufman"
    title: "Mikhaïl Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Abramovi%C4%8D_Kaufman"
    title: "Michail Abramovič Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ミハイル・カウフマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michai%C5%82_Kaufman"
    title: "Michaił Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kaufman"
    title: "Mikhail Kaufman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кауфман, Михаил Абрамович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2655706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1042437"
    title: "Mikhail Kaufman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump