Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; February 4 (O.S. January 23), 1881 – August 8, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and Uzbek SSR (1944).
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1881-02-04 · Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- 1945-08-09
Known for
- Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) — Director
- Chess Fever (1925) — Chemist
- Father Sergius (1918) — Director
- The Queen of Spades (1916) — Director
- The Forty-First (1927) — Director
- St. Jorgen's Day (1930) — Director
- The Man from the Restaurant (1927)
- The White Eagle (1928) — Director
- Satan Triumphant (1917) — Director
- Without Dowry (1937) — Director
- Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943) — Director
- Ranks and People (1929) — Director
- Marionettes (1934) — Director
- Don Diego and Pelagia (1928) — Director
- The Case of the Three Million (1926) — Director
- The Tailor from Torzhok (1925) — Director