Leonid Gaidai
personal-info
known-for
Directing
gender
Male
birthday
1923-01-30
place-of-birth
Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
also-known-as
Leonid Gayday
Леонид Гайдай
L. Gaidai
Leonid Iovich Gaidai
Leonid Gaiddai
L. Gaydday
biography
Leonid I. Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR and modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.