Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

February 4, 1881(64)

Day of Death

August 9, 1945

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire

Also Known As

Яков ПротазановI. A. Protozanoff

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Yakov Protazanov

Directing

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).