Yuliya Solntseva
Directing
Born: 1901-08-07 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Died: 1989-10-28
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).
