Yakov Protazanov

Birthday: February 4th, 1881 Date of Death: August 9th, 1945 Place of Birth: 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).