Eduards Kraucs

Eduards Rihards Kraucs was born on August 21, 1898 in Riga. During World War I, he and his family ended up in Moscow as refugees. There he graduated from high school and the Moscow Mining Institute (Moscow Mining Institute (now Moscow State Mining University). Then for the first time he became interested in cinema, but because of the revolution in Russia in 1921, he returned to Riga and volunteers to serve in the Latvian army. Since 1923, he began working as a photojournalist in Latvian newspapers. Since 1929, he began to shoot the first chronicle films - the Latvian Chronicle. Since 1929, he began to shoot the first chronicle films - the Latvian Chronicle. Since 1930, he collaborated with the German company UFA, which bought his films about current events in Latvia. By 1931, he had already shot 100 films. In 1933 he opened his own workshop. He was the first to record the first sound chronicles in Latvia. When Latvia was occupied by the USSR in 1940, he was involved in the filming of a Soviet documentary. When the Germans came to Latvia, he continued to shoot and create chronicles for the Germans; moreover, he often worked directly on the front line. In October 1944, together with his mother and brother John, he left for Germany, being wounded along the way. After World War II, he moved to the United States and from 1950 to 1970 worked for the Alexander Film Company (now Alexander Film and Video Services). He died in Colorado Springs on September 14, 1977.