Leonid Gaidai

Directing

Born: 1923-01-30
Died: 1993-11-19
From: Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Leonid Gayday Леонид ГайдайL. GaidaiLeonid Iovich GaidaiLeonid GaiddaiL. GayddayЛеони́д Ио́вич Гайда́йЛ. Гайдай

Biography

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".

Awards & Nominations19 won · 0 nominated

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People's Artist of the USSR

1989
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Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

1985
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People's Artist of the RSFSR

1974
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Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

1970
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Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR

1970
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Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

1969
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Medal "For Battle Merit"

1942
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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

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Order of the Badge of Honour

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Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

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Medal "Veteran of Labour"

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Golden ram

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Wound stripe

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Order of Friendship of Peoples

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Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Acting11 titles

Directing23 titles

Writing17 titles

Production2 titles