[2] Tisse started his career as a newsreel cameraman working under difficult conditions.

They traveled to Europe and the United States with the intent of finding new sound equipment and creating connections between Hollywood and the Soviet film industry.

[6] In 1942, Tisse worked on the film In The Mountains of Yugoslavia with Soviet filmmaker Abram Room.

The film focused on the character Slavko Babic, his life and death, as well as the Yugoslav Partisan liberation during World War II.

[7] His favorite camera was the Debrie Parvo, which he continued to use even during the sound era to film silent sequences.