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