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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 51,407 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yakov Protazanov is the 628th most popular film director (down from 611th in 2019), the 1,131st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yakov Protazanov ranks 628 out of 1,581. Before him are Steven Knight, Paul Grimault, Enzo G. Castellari, Brad Bird, Juraj Herz, and Stan Winston. After him are Paul Haggis, Charles Vidor, Otakar Vávra, Kevin Smith, Majid Majidi, and Henri Colpi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Yakov Protazanov ranks 105. Before him are Israel Zolli, Nuri Killigil, Zoltán Halmay, Jānis Balodis, Nasib Yusifbeyli, and Richard C. Tolman. After him are Ernest Bevin, Pablo Gargallo, Ber Borochov, Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Gunnar Nordström, and Marcello Piacentini. Among people deceased in 1945, Yakov Protazanov ranks 206. Before him are Jerome Kern, Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, John Curtin, Emil von Reznicek, Alfred Saalwächter, and Carl Moll. After him are Vilhelms Purvītis, Agnes Baden-Powell, Eddie Slovik, Hannie Schaft, Karl Leisner, and Jüri Uluots.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Protazanov ranks 1,131 out of 3,262. Before him are Vladimir Filatov (1875), Max Vasmer (1886), Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Ilya Glazunov (1930), and Raimonds Vējonis (1966). After him are Serge Poliakoff (1900), Alexander Tormasov (1752), Grigory Romanov (1923), Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), Vera Krepkina (1933), and Catherine Breshkovsky (1844).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Yakov Protazanov ranks 19. Before him are Alexander Sokurov (1951), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Mikhail Romm (1901), Sergei Solovyov (1944), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), and Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938). After him are Ivan Pyryev (1901), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Vladimir Naumov (1927), Boris Barnet (1902), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), and Sergei Gerasimov (1906).

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Filmography

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