Yakov Protazanov
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Feb 4, 1881 · Moscow, Russian Empire
Active 1909–1945 · Awards: Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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.
Filmography
Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) — DirectorChess Fever (1925) — ChemistSalavat Yulayev (1941) — DirectorHis Call (1925) — DirectorSin (1916) — DirectorSatan Triumphant (1917) — DirectorBlood Need Not Be Spilled (1917) — Director · WriterWithout Dowry (1937) — Director · ScreenplayFather Sergius (1918) — DirectorA Narrow Escape (1920) — Director · ScreenplayThe Queen of Spades (1916) — Director · WriterSiberian Patrol (1931) — Director · ScreenplayThe Three Million Trial (1926) — Director · ScreenplayJustice d'abord (1921) — DirectorThe Queen's Secret (1919) — Director · WriterSt. Jorgen's Day (1930) — Director · ScreenplayThe Man from the Restaurant (1927) — Director · ScreenplayRanks and People (1929) — Director · WriterKnight's Spirit (1918) — DirectorThe Forty-First (1927) — DirectorThe White Eagle (1928) — Director · WriterNasreddin in Bukhara (1943) — DirectorJenny the Maid (1918) — Director · WriterMarionettes (1934) — Director · Writer