Yuliya Solntseva

Birthday: August 7th, 1901 Date of Death: October 28th, 1989 Place of Birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Yuliya Solntseva is a Soviet director and actress, known for The Enchanted Desna (1964), Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961), Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) and Poem of the Sea (1958). She is the first woman to win Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961).