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Alexander Mishon
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| Born | 5 July 1858 |
| Died | 5 July 1921 (aged 63) |
Alexander Mishon (Russian: Александр Михайлович Мишон; 5 July 1858 in Kharkiv – 5 July 1921 near Samara) was a Russian Empire photographer and cinematographer. Born to a French family in Kharkiv, he started his career as a photographer and owned a photo studio in his hometown. He later settled in Baku (nowadays capital of Azerbaijan) and lived there for 25 years. Here, in 1898, he shot his first films using a Lumière cinematograph. Michon is widely regarded as the pioneer of Azerbaijani cinema.
Filmography
- Balaxanida neft fontani (1898) (English: The Oil Gush in Balakhany)
- Balaxanı-Sabunçu polis idarəsi süvari qorodovoyların at oynatmaları (1898)
- Bibiheybatda neft fontani yangini (1898) (English: The Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat)
- Alahazrat buxara amirinin 'veliki knyaz Aleksey' paroxodunda yolasalma marasimi (1898) (English: Farewell Ceremony for His Majesty Emir of Bukhara on "Velikiy Kniaz Alexei" Steamboat)
- Ilisdin (1898) (English: You Stumbled)
- Qafqaz raqsi (1898) (English: The Folk Dance of Caucasus)
- Bazar küçasi sübh çag (1898)
- Qafqaz və Merkuri cəmiyyətinin paroxodunun limandan yola düşməsi (1898)
- Qatarin damiryol stansiyasina daxil olmasi (1898) (English:Train Entering the Railroad Station)
- Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi (1898)
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