Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov 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).
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, actor, director
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Soviet Union
- Born
- February 4, 1881
- Died
- August 8, 1945, August 9, 1945
