Yuliya Solntseva

Known for Directing

Yuliya Solntseva's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 07, 1901

Deathday: October 28, 1989

Place of birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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).