What’s new
Jump Cut (2021) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Jump Cut (2018) / Nosferatu (1922) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Jump Cut (2014) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Jump Cut (2012) / The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) /
Jump Cut (2021) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Jump Cut (2018) / Nosferatu (1922) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Jump Cut (2014) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Jump Cut (2012) / The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) /
Cine Archive
← Back to filmography
Leonid Gaidai
Born
30 January 1923
Died
19 November 1993
Place
Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Directing

Leonid Gaidai

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".

As director

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

1993 · Director
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation

Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation

1989 · Director

Bird Market Incident

1988 · Director
Dangerous for Your Life!

Dangerous for Your Life!

1985 · Director
SportLotto - 82

SportLotto - 82

1982 · Director
Heirloom

Heirloom

1981 · Director
For the Matches

For the Matches

1980 · Director
Incognito from St.Petersburg

Incognito from St.Petersburg

1978 · Director
It Can't Be!

It Can't Be!

1975 · Director
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

1973 · Director

Black Gloves

1973 · Director
12 Chairs

12 Chairs

1971 · Director
The Diamond Arm

The Diamond Arm

1969 · Director
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

1967 · Director
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

1965 · Director
Obsession

Obsession

1965 · Director
Strictly Business

Strictly Business

1963 · Director
Bootleggers

Bootleggers

1961 · Director
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

1961 · Director
Sovershenno seryozno

Sovershenno seryozno

1961 · Director
Thrice Resurrected

Thrice Resurrected

1960 · Director
A Groom from the Right Society

A Groom from the Right Society

1958 · Director
A Weary Road

A Weary Road

1956 · Director
Darling Friends

Darling Friends

1954 · Director

As actor

Георгий Вицин. Не надо смеяться

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Георгий Вицин. Отшельник

2008 · Self (archive footage)
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

1993 · Crazy casino player (uncredited)
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

1977
12 Chairs

12 Chairs

1971 · Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited)
The Diamond Arm

The Diamond Arm

1969 · drunkard (uncredited)
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

1965 · (segment "Workmate") (uncredited)
In Transit

In Transit

1961
Thrice Resurrected

Thrice Resurrected

1960 · inventor (uncredited)
The Wind

The Wind

1959 · Закревский
Lyana

Lyana

1955 · Alyosha