Yakov Bliokh was born in 1895 in Tambov, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tambov Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and producer, known for
Battleship Potemkin (1925),
Shanhkayskiy dokument (1928) and
Noch pered Rozhdestvom (1951). He died on July 5, 1957 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].