
As Director
Nasreddin in Bukhara
1943
4.9
Acting
February 4, 1881
Moscow, Russian Empire
August 9, 1945
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).