Director
Leonid Gaidai
103 years · Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR · 28 films
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д Ио́вич Гайда́й; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993; Svobodny) was a Soviet 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. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".
Best known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 · (segment "Workmate") (uncredited), Director
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 · Director, Screenplay
The Diamond Arm
1969 · drunkard (uncredited), Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967 · Director, Writer
12 Chairs
1971 · Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited), Writer
Bootleggers
1961 · Director, Screenplay
Filmography 28
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993 · Crazy casino player (uncredited), Writer
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989 · Director, Writer
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985 · Director, Writer
SportLotto - 82
1982 · Director, Writer
Heirloom
1981 · Director
For the Matches
1980 · Screenplay, Director
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978 · Director, Screenplay
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
1978 · Producer
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
1977 · Actor
On History Vault
It Can't Be!
1975 · Director, Screenplay
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 · Director, Screenplay
Gift for a Single Woman
1973 · Producer
12 Chairs
1971 · Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited), Writer
The Diamond Arm
1969 · drunkard (uncredited), Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967 · Director, Writer
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 · (segment "Workmate") (uncredited), Director
Obsession
1965 · Director, Writer
Strictly Business
1963 · Director, Writer
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
1961 · Director, Screenplay
Sovershenno seryozno
1961 · Screenplay, Director
Bootleggers
1961 · Director, Screenplay
In Transit
1961 · Actor
Thrice Resurrected
1960 · inventor (uncredited), Director
The Wind
1959 · Закревский