Leonid Gaidai
Soviet film director (1923-1993) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 70
Leonid Iovich Gaidai was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter, and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.
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There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton BeachFilm, 1993Director, Writer1989People's Artist of the USSRAward1988Bird Market IncidentFilm, Director1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1982
SportLotto - 82Film, Director, Writer1981
HeirloomFilm, Director1978
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...Film, Producer1975
It Can't Be!Film, Director, Writer1974People's Artist of the RSFSRAward1971
12 ChairsFilm, Director, Writer1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"AwardVasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSRAward1969Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicAward1967
Kidnapping, Caucasian StyleFilm, Director, Writer1963
Strictly BusinessFilm, Director, Writer1962
FuseSeries, Director1961
BootleggersFilm, Director, Writer1959
The WindFilm, Закревский1956
A Weary RoadFilm, Director1954
Darling FriendsFilm, Director1942Medal "For Battle Merit"Award1923Born30 January 1923People around Leonid
Yuri Nikulin Leonid directed The Diamond Arm (1969)
Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Georgy Vitsin Leonid directed Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Vladimir Etush Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)- Savely Kramarov Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Yevgeny Morgunov Leonid directed Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Natalya Krachkovskaya Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Mikhail Pugovkin Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Rostislav Plyatt Leonid directed Strictly Business (1963)
Vyacheslav Nevinny Leonid directed Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)
Sergey Filippov Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Mikhail Kokshenov Leonid directed Sportloto-82 (1982)
Natalya Seleznyova Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Rina Zelyonaya Leonid directed Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Klara Rumyanova Leonid directed The Twelve Chairs (1971)
Anatoli Papanov Leonid directed The Diamond Arm (1969)
Aleksandr Demyanenko Leonid directed Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)- Victor Pavlov Leonid directed Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Zoya Fyodorova Leonid directed Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Nonna Mordyukova Leonid directed The Diamond Arm (1969)
Natalya Varley Leonid directed Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Spartak Mishulin Leonid directed Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach (1993)- Gotlib Roninson Leonid directed The Twelve Chairs (1971)
Muza Krepkogorskaya Also in Lyana (1955)
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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession 1973
The Diamond Arm 1969
12 Chairs 1971
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 1967
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross 1961
Also in Deutsch
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Television 3
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He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".
