Alexandre Michon

Imperial Russian film director and cinematographer

Alexander Mishon

Born	5 July 1858 Kharkiv, present-day Ukraine
Died	5 July 1921 (1921-07-06) (aged 63) near Samara, Russia

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.^[1] Here, in 1898, he shot his first films using a Lumière cinematograph. Mishon 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(Balakhani-Sabunchu police station cavalry gorodovoy horse racing) (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(Market street at dawn) (1898)
Qafqaz və Merkuri cəmiyyətinin paroxodunun limandan yola düşməsi(Departure of the steamer of the Caucasus and Mercury Society from the port) (1898)
Qatarin damiryol stansiyasina daxil olmasi (1898) (English:Train Entering the Railroad Station)
Şəhər bağında xalq gəzintisi(People's walk in the city park) (1898)