Yakov Protazanov
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).

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Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943)
Director | Writer
Salavat Yulayev (1941)
Director
Without Dowry (1937)
Director | Screenplay
On the Strangeness of Love (1936)
Director
Marionettes (1934)
Director | Writer
Diary of a Revolutionist (1932)
Writer
Siberian Patrol (1931)
Director | Writer
St. Jorgen's Day (1930)
Director | Screenplay
Ranks and People (1929)
Director | Writer
The White Eagle (1928)
Director | Writer
Don Diego and Pelagia (1928)
Director
The Man from the Restaurant (1927)
Director | Screenplay
The Forty-First (1927)
Director
The Case of the Three Million (1926)
Director | Writer
The Tailor from Torzhok (1925)
Director
His Call (1925)
Director
Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
Director
Member Of Parliament (1923)
Director
Justice d'abord (1921)
Director
A Narrow Escape (1920)
Director | Screenplay
Woman's Calvary (1919)
Director
The Child of Another (1919)
Director
The Queen's Secret (1919)
Writer | Director
Father Sergius (1918)
Director
Knight's Spirit (1918)
Director
Jenny the Maid (1918)
Director | Writer
Little Ellie (1918)
Director | Writer
Satan Triumphant (1917)
Director
Blood Need Not Be Spilled (1917)
Director | Writer
The Prosecutor (1917)
Director
Dance of Death (1917)
Director
Beggar Woman (1916)
Director | Writer
Panna Meri (1916)
Director | Screenplay
Sin (1916)
Director
She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately (1916)
Director
And The Song Remained Unfinished (1916)
Director
The Dagger Woman (1916)
Director
The Queen of Spades (1916)
Director | Writer
I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses (1916)
Director
Me And My Conscience (1915)
Director
Nikolay Stavrogin (1915)
Director
Plebeian (1915)
Director | Writer
War and Peace (1915)
Writer | Director
Petersburg Slums (1915)
Director
Sashka The Seminarian (1915)
Director | Writer
Christmas in Trench Lines (1914)
Director | Screenplay
One Enjoyed, the Other Paid (1913)
Director
How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses... (1913)
Director | Screenplay
The Broken Vase (1913)
Director | Screenplay
Better Death than Dishonour (1913)
Director
The Love of a Japanese Woman (1913)
Co-Director
Musical Moment (1913)
Director
How the Child's Soul Cried (1913)
Director | Screenplay
For The Honor of the Russian Banner (1913)
Director | Writer
Nailed (1913)
Director | Writer
The Keys to Happiness (1913)
Director
A Chopin Nocturne (1913)
Director
The Departure of a Great Old Man (1912)
Director
Anfisa (1912)
Director
Song About the Prophetic Oleg (1912)
Director | Screenplay
Convict's Song (1911)
Director | Screenplay
The First Distiller (1911)
Writer
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden (1910)
Writer
The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (1909)
Director | Writer