Yakov Protazanov
- Directing
- February 4, 1881 · Moscow, Russian Empire
- August 9, 1945
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
Filmography
- Nasreddin in Bukhara · Director
- Salavat Yulayev · Director
- Seventh Graders · Director
- Without Dowry · Director, Screenplay
- On the Strangeness of Love · Director
- Marionettes · Director, Writer
- Diary of a Revolutionist · Writer
- Siberian Patrol · Director, Screenplay
- St. Jorgen's Day · Director, Screenplay
- Ranks and People · Director, Writer
- The White Eagle · Director, Writer
- Don Diego and Pelagia · Director
- The Man from the Restaurant · Director, Screenplay
- The Forty-First · Director
- The Case of the Three Million · Director, Screenplay
- Chess Fever · Chemist
- The Tailor from Torzhok · Director
- His Call · Director
- Aelita: Queen of Mars · Director
- Member Of Parliament · Director
- Justice d'abord · Director
- A Narrow Escape · Director, Screenplay
- Woman's Calvary · Director
- The Child of Another · Director
- The Queen's Secret · Writer, Director
- Father Sergius · Director
- A Knight of the Spirit · Director
- Jenny the Maid · Director, Writer
- Little Ellie · Writer, Director
- Satan Triumphant · Director
- Blood Need Not Be Spilled · Director, Writer
- The Prosecutor · Director
- Dance of Death · Director
- The Beggar Woman · Director, Writer
- Panna Meri · Director, Screenplay
- Sin · Director
- She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately · Director
- And The Song Remained Unfinished · Director
- The Dagger Woman · Director
- The Queen of Spades · Director, Writer
- I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses · Director
- Me And My Conscience · Director
- Nikolay Stavrogin · Director
- Plebeian · Director, Writer
- War and Peace · Writer, Director
- Petersburg Slums · Director
- Sashka The Seminarian · Director, Writer
- Christmas in Trench Lines · Screenplay, Director
- One Enjoyed, the Other Paid · Director
- What the Violin Wept About · Director
- How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses... · Director, Screenplay
- The Broken Vase · Director, Screenplay
- Better Death than Dishonour · Director
- The Love of a Japanese Woman · Co-Director
- Musical Moment · Director
- How the Child's Soul Cried · Director, Screenplay
- For The Honor of the Russian Banner · Director, Writer
- Nailed · Director, Writer
- The Keys to Happiness · Director
- A Chopin Nocturne · Director
- The Departure of a Great Old Man · Director
- Anfisa · Director
- Song About the Prophetic Oleg · The wizard, Director
- Convict's Song · Screenplay, Director
- The First Distiller · Writer
- May Night, or the Drowned Maiden · Writer
- The Fountain of Bakhchisaray · Director, Writer
- The Death of Ivan the Terrible · Garaburda