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
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944),
Battleship Potemkin (1925) and
The Immortal Garrison (1956). He died on November 18, 1961 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].