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. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Gaidai is the 291st most popular film director (down from 272nd in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from Russia (down from 510th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leonid Gaidai ranks 291 out of 2,041. Before him are Elem Klimov, George Stevens, Tsui Hark, John Frankenheimer, Youssef Chahine, and Frank Darabont. After him are Sam Raimi, Frank Borzage, Stanley Donen, Henri Verneuil, Mamoru Oshii, and David Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Leonid Gaidai ranks 87. Before him are Lloyd Shapley, Ousmane Sembène, Diane Arbus, Glynis Johns, Reinhart Koselleck, and Robert Maxwell. After him are Stig Dagerman, Lola Flores, Richard Avedon, Zarifa Aliyeva, Gyula Lóránt, and Sergey Akhromeyev. Among people deceased in 1993, Leonid Gaidai ranks 56. Before him are River Phoenix, Bruno Pontecorvo, Dražen Petrović, Don Ameche, Lucia Popp, and Rahmon Nabiyev. After him are Léo Ferré, Roy Raymond, Eddie Constantine, Yen Chia-kan, Eleanor Hibbert, and Yuri Lotman.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Gaidai ranks 539 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), Alexander Pokryshkin (1913), Nicholas of Japan (1836), Marina Raskova (1912), and Vladimir Bukovsky (1942). After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), Nina Kulagina (1926), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Boris Kustodiev (1878), and Lauri Törni (1919).

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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), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), and Elem Klimov (1933). After him are Alexander Sokurov (1951), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Ladislas Starevich (1882), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Mikhail Romm (1901), and Sergei Yutkevich (1904).

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