Yakov Kulish was born on December 7, 1904 in Kishinyov, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Chisinau, Moldova]. Yakov was a cinematographer, known for
Ya vstretil devushku (1957),
Gonoreya (1927) and
Malchik iz tabora (1930). Yakov died on January 22, 1999 in Moscow, Russia.