Yakov Protazanov
February 4, 1881 (143 years old) in Moscow, Russian Empire
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
Credits
- 1925 · Chess Fever as Chemist
- 1913 · Musical Moment as
- 1912 · Song About the Prophetic Oleg as The wizard
- 1909 · The Death of Ivan the Terrible as Garaburda