Yuliya Solntseva

Known for Directing

Yuliya Solntseva
Born August 7, 1901
Died October 28, 1989 (aged 88)
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).