Drankov А.O. (1880-1948), cinematographer

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DRANKOV Alexander Osipovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1948), photographer, film manufacturer, film director, and cameraman. One of the founders of the national cinema, he opened the first Russian film production studio in 1907. He shot about 200 documentary films, including unique shots of Leo Tolstoy in 1908-10 and a chronicle of St. Petersburg's life, such as New Shots of St. Petersburg, Life in St. Petersburg, and Fire in St. Petersburg. He produced the first Russian feature film Free Spirits of the Lower Reaches in 1908 and created Russia Review, the first Russian newsreel, in 1910. He joined forces with A. G. Taldykin, a Moscow manufacturer, moved to Moscow in 1913, and emigrated in 1918.

Reference: Янгиров Р. Одиссея рыжего "арапа", или Опыт жизнеописания Александра Дранкова // Искусство кино. 1995. № 1. С. 127-136; Поздняков А. Вечное пристанище Александра Дранкова // Киновед. зап. 2001. № 50. С. 304-309.

I. V. Sepman. Drankov Alexander Osipovich
Taldykin A.G.
Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich, Count
Янгиров Р. Одиссея рыжего "арапа", или Опыт жизнеописания Александра Дранкова // Искусство кино., 1995
Поздняков А. Вечное пристанище Александра Дранкова // Киновед. записки, 2001 1908