Alexandre Mikhailovich Mishon (; 5 July 1858 – 5 July 1921) was a Russian photographer and cinematographer. Born to a
French
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Arts and media
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family in
Kharkov
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine. , he started his career as a photographer and owned a photo studio in his hometown. He later settled in
Baku
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(now
Azerbaijan
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) and lived there for 25 years.
Here, in 1898, he shot his first films using a Lumière
cinematograph
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. Mishon is widely regarded as the pioneer of
Azerbaijani cinema.
Filmography
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Balaxanida neft fontani (1898) (English: The Oil Gush in Balakhany)
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Balaxanı-Sabunçu polis idarəsi süvari qorodovoyların at oynatmaları(Balakhani-Sabunchu police station cavalry gorodovoy horse racing) (1898)
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Bibiheybatda neft fontani yangini (1898) (English: The Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat)
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Alahazrat buxara amirinin 'veliki knyaz Aleksey' paroxodunda yolasalma marasimi (1898) (English: Farewell Ceremony for His Majesty Emir of Bukhara on "Velikiy Kniaz Alexei" Steamboat)
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Ilisdin (1898) (English: You Stumbled)
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Qafqaz raqsi (1898) (English: The Folk Dance of Caucasus)
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Bazar küçasi sübh çag
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(Market street at dawn) (1898)
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(Departure of the steamer of the Caucasus and Mercury Society from the port) (1898)
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Qatarin damiryol stansiyasina daxil olmasi (1898) (English:Train Entering the Railroad Station)
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Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi(People's walk in the city park) (1898)
References
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People from the Russian Empire of French descent
Cinema pioneers
Film directors from the Russian Empire
Cinematographers from the Russian Empire
1921 deaths
1858 births