Mark Magidson was born on July 10, 1901 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a cinematographer, known for
Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke (1948),
Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950) and
Salamander (1928). He died on June 14, 1954 in Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].