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Yakov Protazanov profile
Director

Yakov Protazanov

Directing

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Directed credits

49

Prolific

Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.7

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Directed movies: 49Directed series: 0All crew credits: 53

TMDB ID: 1085341

IMDb ID: nm0698839

Known for: Directing

Born: February 4, 1881

Died: August 9, 1945

Age: 64

Place of birth: Moscow, Russian Empire

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1909 - 1943

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 5.83

Wikidata: Q503219

Also known as

Яков Протазанов • I. A. Protozanoff

Frequent jobs

Director (48)Co-Director (1)Writer (3)Screenplay (1)

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).

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