Mikhail Kaufman was born on September 5, 1897 in Bialystok, Poland, Russian Empire [now Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Vesnoy (1929), Nebyvalyy pokhod (1931) and Moskva (1927). He died on March 11, 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].