FILM DIRECTOR

Yakov Protazanov

1881 - 1945

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Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February (O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Protazanov has received more than 55,936 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Yakov Protazanov is the 595th most popular film director (up from 627th in 2019), the 1,123rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,129th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yakov Protazanov ranks 595 out of 2,041. Before him are Norman Taurog, Norman McLaren, Nicolas Roeg, Jerome Robbins, Ann Hui, and Avi Arad. After him are Robert Rodriguez, Grigory Chukhray, Albert Lamorisse, Christopher Doyle, Donald P. Bellisario, and Michel Hazanavicius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Yakov Protazanov ranks 109. Before him are Israel Zolli, María Blanchard, Pablo Gargallo, Ken McArthur, Ber Borochov, and Felix von Luckner. After him are Vlas Chubar, Jacob Israël de Haan, Nasib Yusifbeyli, Harry Hillman, Jānis Balodis, and Giuseppe Amisani. Among people deceased in 1945, Yakov Protazanov ranks 207. Before him are Emily Carr, Karl Decker, Henri Maspero, Roberto Farinacci, Augustín Malár, and Rolf Carls. After him are John Curtin, Gustav Fehn, Ludwig Müller, Alfred Delp, Henrietta Szold, and Demyan Bedny.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Protazanov ranks 1,123 out of 3,761. Before him are Vera Alentova (1942), Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (1877), Andrei Amalrik (1938), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), and Sergey Solovyov (1820). After him are Dmitry Pisarev (1840), Svetlana Medvedeva (1965), Maksim Purkayev (1894), Vasily Golitsyn (1643), Valery Ryumin (1939), and Alexander Alyabyev (1787).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Yakov Protazanov ranks 20. Before him are Yuri Norstein (1941), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Gleb Panfilov (1934), Boris Barnet (1902), Mikhail Romm (1901), and Sergei Yutkevich (1904). After him are Sergei Gerasimov (1906), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), Sergei Bodrov (1948), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), and Tatyana Lioznova (1924).

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