Leonid Gaidai
Directing · Director · Writer · Screenplay
Born Jan 30, 1923 · Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Active 1954–1993
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…
Filmography
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) — Director · ScreenplayOperation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965) — (segment "Workmate") (uncredited) · Director · WriterThe Diamond Arm (1969) — drunkard (uncredited) · Director · WriterKidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) — Director · Writer12 Chairs (1971) — Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited) · Director · WriterBootleggers (1962) — Director · ScreenplayDog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961) — Director · ScreenplayIt Can't Be! (1975) — Director · ScreenplaySportLotto - 82 (1982) — Director · WriterStrictly Business (1963) — Director · WriterObsession (1965) — Director · WriterThere's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach (1993) — Crazy casino player (uncredited) · Director · WriterFor the Matches (1980) — Director · ScreenplayDangerous for Your Life! (1985) — Director · WriterSovershenno seryozno (1961) — Director · ScreenplayFuse (1962) — DirectorA Groom from the Right Society (1958) — DirectorChest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... (1978) — ProducerIncognito from St.Petersburg (1978) — Director · ScreenplayPrivate Detective, or Operation Cooperation (1989) — Director · WriterThe Wind (1959) — ЗакревскийLyana (1955) — AlyoshaNothing Ventured, Nothing Gained (1977)A Weary Road (1956) — Director