Eduard Tisse was born on April 13, 1897 in Libava, Grobina uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Iwan, der Schreckliche I (1944), Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (1925) and Bessmertnyy garnizon (1956). He died on November 18, 1961 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
