Alexandre Michon

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Alexander Mishon
Born	? Kharkov, present-day Ukraine
Died	5 July 1921 near Samara, Russia

Alexandre Michon (Russian: Александр Михайлович Мишон) (born in Kharkov – died 5 July 1921, near Samara) was a Russian photographer and film director. Born to a French family in Kharkov, 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.

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• Alexandre Michon at the Internet Movie Database

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