Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova (Russian: Татьяна Михайловна Лиознова; 20 July 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).

[1] All of Lioznova's features – from Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967), a cult film of the 1960s, to her last movie, Carnival (1981), – are distinguished by open narratives, psychologically penetrating close-ups, and poignant musical scores.

The subtle and touching drama Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967) sprouted from Aleksandra Pakhmutova’s song “Tenderness”.

This story of a nearly sprung love of a taxi driver and a married peasant woman won the hearts of Russian viewers, just like Casablanca gained the love of Americans.

Among the students of Professor Lioznova there are a lot of cinematographers well-known today.