Dziga Vertov was born on January 2, 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for El hombre de la cámara (1929), Lenin, el genio de la revolución (1934) and Shestaya chast mira (1926). He was previously married to Elizaveta Svilova. He died on February 12, 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].