Yuliya Solntseva

Birthday: 8/7/1901
Deathday: 10/28/1989
Place of birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Юлия Солнцева, Yulia Solntseva , J. Solntseva , Julia Solntseva , Yu. Solntseva, Ioulia Solntseva, Юлія Солнцева

Biography

Yuliya Solntseva is a Soviet director and actress, known for The Enchanted Desna (1964), Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961), Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) and Poem of the Sea (1958). She is the first woman to win Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961).