Gaidai Leonid - a talented film director, actor, People's Artist. Many of his paintings became classics of Russian cinema, and songs from his films became hits for years.
Early years, youth
Leonid was born on January 30, 1923. Parents were railway workers. In addition to Lena, they had 2 more children - Alexander and Augusta. They lived in the village. Free of the Amur region, then in Chita, Irkutsk.
In Irkutsk, Leonid graduated. In the war he wanted to go to the front, but was too young, and he was not taken. Gaidai spent a year in the theater, where he was a lighter, then he was mobilized. At first, his service took place in Mongolia, but Leonid sought to be sent to the front.
Later, Gaidai got into intelligence (Kalinin Front), successfully proved himself, received a medal. Then he was seriously injured, he was commissioned. After the war, Leonid studied in the studio of the Irkutsk theater, then worked in the theater. In 1949, he began to study at VGIK at the department of directors.
Creative biography
In 1955, Leonid was given a role in the film "Liana", which was not very successful. In 1956, the film "Long Way", the first film of the director, appeared. The work was marked by the famous Romm Mikhail. He advised Gaidai to pay attention to the humorous genre.
The director shot the satirical film “Groom from Beyond”, but he was removed from the shoot for the picture, despite the good attitude of some famous Mosfilm directors. About half of the painting was cut out.
In 1960, Leonid released the ideological film "Three Times Risen", the director again began to be treated favorably. However, he did not like to recall that picture.
In 1961, the short films “Moonshiners” and “Dog Barbos” were released, they brought fame to both the main characters and the director. Then there was the film "Business People".
After 3 years, comedies that have become immortal come on: “Operation Y”, “Prisoner of the Caucasus”, “The Diamond Arm”, “Can't be!”, “Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession.” In the 70s, the movie “12 chairs” appeared ", once again brought the director fame.
In the 80s, Leonid Iovich was working on the painting "Sportloto-82" and issues of "Wick". The film "Private Detective" and "The weather is good on Deribasovskaya" went into perestroika.
In the films one could observe the same cast, the director often invited Vitsin Georgy, Demyanenko Alexander, Filippov Sergey, Krachkovskaya Natalia, Grebeshkova Nina. Hits became songs from the films of Leonid Iovich.
The great director died on November 19, 1993, he was 70. The cause of death was thromboembolism of the artery of the lungs.
