Yakov Protazanov
Directing
Birthday
1881/02/04
Day of death
1945/08/09 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire
Also know as
Яков Протазанов, I. A. Protozanoff
Biography
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).
