# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leida-laius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:02:24.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leida-laius"
name: "Leida Laius"
slug: "leida-laius"
description: "Leida Laius was an Estonian film director. She is widely received as one of the most renowned filmmakers in Estonian cinema. In 1995 she was honored by the Estonian Cultural Foundation with the Lifetime Achievement Award in special recognition of her contributions to the cultural history of Estonia."
tagline: "Estonian film director (1923-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leida_Laius.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1923-03-26"
deathDate: "1996-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.09
  momentum:             17.48756218905473
  historical:           5.475702666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482033/"
    handle:    "nm0482033"
sources:
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leida_Laius"
    title: "Leida Laius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leida_Laius"
    title: "Leida Laius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leida_Laius"
    title: "Leida Laius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leida_Laius"
    title: "Leida Laius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Лайус, Лейда Рихардовна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12368460"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1337366"
    title: "Leida Laius"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump