Biography
Leonid I. Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR and modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 26
Director 23
TV Shows 1
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Как уходили кумиры (2005)
TV
Director

SportLotto - 82 (1982)
Movie
1
Director

For the Matches (1980)
Movie
Director

It Can't Be! (1975)
Movie
Коробейников / Writer / Director

12 Chairs (1971)
Movie
Director

The Diamond Arm (1969)
Movie
Director

Obsession (1965)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

Strictly Business (1963)
Movie
1
Director

Bootleggers (1962)
Movie
8
Director

Sovershenno seryozno (1961)
Movie
Director

Thrice Resurrected (1960)
Movie
Закревский

The Wind (1959)
Movie
Director

A Weary Road (1956)
Movie
Actor

Lyana (1955)
Movie
Director

Darling Friends (1954)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-01-30
Deathday1993-11-19 (70 years old)
Birth NameЛеонид Иович Гайдай
Birth PlaceSvobodny, Russia
SiblingsAleksandr Gayday
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsLeonid Gayday , Леонид Гайдай, L. Gaidai, Leonid Iovich Gaidai, Leonid Gaiddai, L. Gaydday
AwardsHonored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Wound stripe, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR, Medal for Battle Merit, Medal "For Battle Merit", Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Golden ram, Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "Veteran of Labour", People's Artist of the USSR, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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