Origins & Early Life

Yevgeni Franzevich Bauer (Russian: Евгений Францевич Бауэр; 1865 – 22 June [O.S. 9 June] 1917) was a Russian film director of silent films, theatre artist and screenwriter. His work had a great influence on the aesthetics of Russian cinematography at the beginning of the 20th century. Bauer made more than seventy films between 1913 and 1917, of which 26 survived.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He already used the relatively long sequence shots and displacements that would come to be associated with camera virtuosos. The Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan called Bauer "the greatest director you've never heard of". Georges Sadoul called him "the first true artist in the history of cinema". Bauer was born in Moscow in 1865, the son of the Bohemian immigrant musician Franz Bauer and his wife, an operatic singer. From childhood, Bauer displayed artistic tendencies and participated in his favourite dramatised scenes (his sister was a professional actress).

Enduring Legacy & Impact

In 1887, Bauer graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He tried out a number of different professions, first working as a caricaturist, drawing satirical sketches for the press. He then became a master of art...

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