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].
