David Abelevich Kaufman () ( 2 January 1896 – 12 February 1954 ) — better known by his pseudonym Dziga Vertov, or Vertof (, " spinning top ") — was a Soviet pioneer documentary film, newsreel director and cinema theorist.

Vertov's brothers Boris Kaufman and Mikhail Kaufman were also noted filmmakers, as was his wife, Elizaveta Svilova.

Vertov was born David Abelevich Kaufman () into a family of Jewish lineage in Białystok, Poland, then a part of the Russian Empire.

Most of Vertov's early work was unpublished, and few manuscripts remain after the Second World War, though some material survived in later films and documentaries created by Vertov and his brothers, Boris Kaufman and Mikhail Kaufman.

The so-called " Council of Three ," a group issuing manifestoes in LEF, a radical Russian newsmagazine, was established in 1922 ; the group's " three " were Vertov, his ( future ) wife and editor Elizaveta Svilova, and his brother and cinematographer Mikhail Kaufman.

Vertov's brother Boris Kaufman was a noted cinematographer who worked much later for directors such as Elia Kazan and Sidney Lumet in America.

Coordinating the spectacle as road manager was Phil Kaufman, who had served time with Charles Manson on Terminal Island in the mid-sixties and first met Parsons while working for the Stones in 1968.

Gershwin, along with George S Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, was a recipient of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Of Thee I Sing.

Lardner also had a lifelong fascination with the theatre, although his only success was June Moon, a comedy co-written with Broadway veteran George S. Kaufman.

A working ion thruster was built by Harold R. Kaufman in 1959 at the NASA Glenn Research Center facilities.

Kaufman was fired by producer Bob Daley under Eastwood's command, resulting in a fine reported to be around $ 60, 000 ( US $ in dollars ) from the Directors Guild of America — who subsequently passed new legislation reserving the right to impose a major fine on a producer for discharging and replacing a director.

Filming was done at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens ; it was the last film the brothers would make in New York.

It was directed by Victor Heerman and adapted from a successful 1928 Broadway musical of the same title by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, also starring the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont.

Universal scrambled to appear responsive: a spokesman told a UCLA Daily Bruin reporter that the studio was " delighted " by the interest, and that " we have negotiated with the heirs of the writers ( Morrie Ryskind and George S. Kaufman ), but they were asking much more than we wanted to spend.

An exception to this was the first Pulitzer ever awarded to a musical: when Of Thee I Sing won in 1932, book authors George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, as well as lyricist Ira Gershwin, were cited as the winners, while composer George Gershwin's contribution was overlooked by the committee.

" NARTH was founded in 1992 by Joseph Nicolosi, Benjamin Kaufman, and Charles Socarides.

The peak was discovered in 1871 and originally named Mount Kaufmann after Konstantin Kaufman, the first Governor-General of Turkestan.

Andrew Kaufman praised it, saying that it was Heinlein's crowning achievement.

The play was written in collaboration with Broadway veteran George S. Kaufman, who regularly wrote with others, notably Marc Connelly and Edna Ferber.

The character was based on Kaufman and Hart's friend, critic Alexander Woollcott.

The same year, a building at the old Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York, where she had made ten films in early career, was renamed in her honor.

* Napoleon Kaufman ( born 1973 ), American football player

* Bel Kaufman ( born 1911 ), American teacher and author, best known for writing the novel Up the Down Staircase

They also have twin sons, Jim and Andy ( born 1999, named for comics Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman ), and reside in Connecticut, USA.

Kaufman was born in New York City, on January 17, 1949, the first son of Janice ( née Bernstein ) and Stanley Kaufman.

Bob Zmuda ( born December 12, 1949 ) is an American writer, comedian, producer and director best known as the sidekick, co-writer and friend of cult personality Andy Kaufman.

Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman ( born 21 June 1930 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament ( MP ) since 1970, first for Manchester Ardwick, and then subsequently for Manchester Gorton.

The youngest of six children, Kaufman was born in Leeds to Louis and Jane Kaufman.

Vertov — born David Abelevich Kaufman — was an early pioneer in documentary film-making during the late 1920s.

December 15 )-Nikolai N. Kaufman ( born 1834 ), Russian botanist.

Charles Stuart " Charlie " Kaufman ( born November 19, 1958 ) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.

He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx.

Lloyd Kaufman ( born December 30, 1945 ) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor.

Durant was born in Proskurov ( now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine ) as Chaya Kaufman to Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman.

Philip Kaufman ( born October 23, 1936 ) is an American film director and screenwriter.

Kaufman was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Elizabeth ( Brandau ) and Nathan Kaufman.

Angus Gilchrist Wynne, Jr. ( born January 9, 1914 in Kaufman County, Texas-died March 12, 1979 in Dallas ) was an American businessman.

In 1909, he beat Frank Moran, Tony Ross, Al Kaufman, and the middleweight champion Stanley Ketchel.

Moreover, Keitel has worked for other acclaimed directors such as: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Dario Argento, Luc Besson, Fernando Colomo, Brian De Palma, Stanley Donen, Philip Kaufman, Spike Lee, Barry Levinson, Jack Nicholson, Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Paul Schrader, Ettore Scola, Luis Sepúlveda and Bertrand Tavernier ; and for TV productions with Stephen Frears, Clint Eastwood, and Joel Schumacher.

* Gerry Becker as Stanley Kaufman

He influenced such figures as James Gustafson, Stanley Hauerwas, Gordon Kaufman, and Wendell S. Dietrich.

For Christmas Day, 2000, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a Marcy Kahan adaptation of The Man Who Came to Dinner approved by the Hart and Kaufman estates which starred Simon Callow as Whiteside, Elizabeth McGovern as Maggie, with Conleth Hill as Bert Jefferson, Cheryl Campbell as Lorraine Sheldon, John Sessions as Banjo and Professor Metz, Colin Stinton as Mr. Stanley, and Malcolm Sinclair as Beverley Carlton.