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Yakov Protazanov

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Yakov Protazanov

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 4, 1881 (145 years old)

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire

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).

Known For

Acting
1927The Man from the Restaurant
1925Chess FeverChemist
1913Musical Moment
1912Song About the Prophetic OlegThe wizard
1909The Death of Ivan the TerribleGaraburda
Directing
1943Nasreddin in BukharaDirector
1941Salavat YulayevDirector
1938Seventh GradersDirector
1937Without DowryDirector
1936On the Strangeness of LoveDirector
1934MarionettesDirector
1931Siberian PatrolDirector
1930St. Jorgen's DayDirector
1929Ranks and PeopleDirector
1928The White EagleDirector
1928Don Diego and PelagiaDirector
1927The Man from the RestaurantDirector
1927The Forty-FirstDirector
1926The Three Million TrialDirector
1925The Tailor from TorzhokDirector
1925His CallDirector
1924Aelita: Queen of MarsDirector
1923Member Of ParliamentDirector
1921Justice d'abordDirector
1920A Narrow EscapeDirector
1919The Queen's SecretDirector
1919The Child of AnotherDirector
1919Woman's CalvaryDirector
1918Knight's SpiritDirector
1918Father SergiusDirector
1918Jenny the MaidDirector
1918Little EllieDirector
1917Satan TriumphantDirector
1917The ProsecutorDirector
1917Blood Need Not Be SpilledDirector
1917Dance of DeathDirector
1916Beggar WomanDirector
1916And The Song Remained UnfinishedDirector
1916I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown HorsesDirector
1916The Queen of SpadesDirector
1916Panna MeriDirector
1916She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So PassionatelyDirector
1916SinDirector
1916The Dagger WomanDirector
1915Petersburg SlumsDirector
1915Me And My ConscienceDirector
1915Nikolay StavroginDirector
1915PlebeianDirector
1915Sashka The SeminarianDirector
1915War and PeaceDirector
1914Christmas in Trench LinesDirector
1913The Keys to HappinessDirector
1913Better Death than DishonourDirector
1913The Love of a Japanese WomanCo-Director
1913For The Honor of the Russian BannerDirector
1913NailedDirector
1913How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...Director
1913How the Child's Soul CriedDirector
1913The Broken VaseDirector
1913One Enjoyed, the Other PaidDirector
1913A Chopin NocturneDirector
1913Musical MomentDirector
1912The Departure of a Great Old ManDirector
1912Song About the Prophetic OlegDirector
1912AnfisaDirector
1911Convict's SongDirector
1909The Fountain of BakhchisarayDirector
Writing
1937Without DowryScreenplay
1934MarionettesWriter
1932Diary of a RevolutionistWriter
1931Siberian PatrolScreenplay
1930St. Jorgen's DayScreenplay
1929Ranks and PeopleWriter
1928The White EagleWriter
1927The Man from the RestaurantScreenplay
1926The Three Million TrialScreenplay
1920A Narrow EscapeScreenplay
1919The Queen's SecretWriter
1918Little EllieWriter
1918Jenny the MaidWriter
1917Blood Need Not Be SpilledWriter
1916Panna MeriScreenplay
1916The Queen of SpadesWriter
1916Beggar WomanWriter
1915PlebeianWriter
1915War and PeaceWriter
1915Sashka The SeminarianWriter
1914Christmas in Trench LinesScreenplay
1913How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...Screenplay
1913How the Child's Soul CriedScreenplay
1913The Broken VaseScreenplay
1913For The Honor of the Russian BannerWriter
1913NailedWriter
1912Song About the Prophetic OlegScreenplay
1911Convict's SongScreenplay
1911The First DistillerWriter
1910May Night, or the Drowned MaidenWriter
1909The Fountain of BakhchisarayWriter