Yevgeni Franzevich Bauer (Russian: Евгений Францевич Бауэр) (1865 – 22 June [O.S. 9 June] 1917) was a Russian film director of silent films, a theatre artist and a screenwriter. His work had a great influence on the aesthetics of Russian cinematography at the beginning of the 20th century.Bauer made more than seventy films between 1913 and 1917 of which 26 survived. He already used relatively long sequence shots and displacements of camera virtuosos. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan called Bauer "The greatest director you've never heard of."
Sometimes credited as Evgueni Ancharov, as he used his wife's name, Ancharov, as his artistic name for protection from Russian nationalism during the WWI.
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Before directing and filming movies, he worked as a theater set designer.
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