Alexandre Michon

Alexander Mishon
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Born	July 5, 1858 Kharkiv, present-day Ukraine
Died	July 5, 1921 near Samara, Russia

Alexander Mishon (Russian: Александр Михайлович Мишон; 5 July 1858, in Kharkiv – 5 July 1921, near Samara) was a Russian 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 Lumiere 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)

External links

• Alexandre Michon at the Internet Movie Database