FILM DIRECTOR

Leonid Gaidai

1923 - 1993

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Leonid Iovich Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Gaidai has received more than 224,591 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Leonid Gaidai is the 272nd most popular film director (down from 259th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Russia (down from 497th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leonid Gaidai ranks 272 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Siodmak, Damiano Damiani, Germaine Dulac, Bigas Luna, Jean Epstein, and Martin Campbell. After him are Youssef Chahine, Franklin J. Schaffner, Denis Villeneuve, Elem Klimov, Robert J. Flaherty, and Jerzy Stuhr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Leonid Gaidai ranks 76. Before him are Diane Arbus, Aaron Spelling, Chuck Yeager, Agatha Barbara, Conrad Bain, and Hwang Jang-yop. After him are Reinhart Koselleck, André Courrèges, Ernest Mandel, Alicia de Larrocha, Richard Avedon, and Hank Williams. Among people deceased in 1993, Leonid Gaidai ranks 54. Before him are Kakuei Tanaka, Lucia Popp, Hans Baur, Yuri Lotman, Helen Hayes, and Bruno Pontecorvo. After him are Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Tofiq Bahramov, Léo Ferré, Adelaide Hall, Rahmon Nabiyev, and Hervé Villechaize.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Gaidai ranks 510 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail of Tver (1271), Ivan Bilibin (1876), Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), and Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903). After him are Sergey Brin (1973), Vera Menchik (1906), Lauri Törni (1919), Mikhail Skobelev (1843), Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892), and Elem Klimov (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Leonid Gaidai ranks 9. Before him are Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Lev Kuleshov (1899), and Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893). After him are Elem Klimov (1933), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Ladislas Starevich (1882), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Yuri Norstein (1941), and Grigori Aleksandrov (1903).

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Filmography

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Director
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.
Jul 24th 19657.623 / 10
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Director
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
Sep 17th 19737.933 / 10
The Diamond Arm
Director
A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.
May 23rd 19697.849 / 10