Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

Known For

Camera

Born

April 1, 1897

Died

November 18, 1961 (aged 64)

Birthplace

Liepāja, Latvia

Biography

Eduard Tisse (13 April 1897 – 18 November 1961) was a Soviet cinematographer. In 1921, Tisse became a professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His career took off when he worked with director Sergei Eisenstein on the film Strike. Tisse would become Eisenstein's standard cinematographer for the next twenty years.