Leonid Gaidai

Leonid Gaidai
Lahir	Leonid Iovich Gaidai (1923-01-30)30 Januari 1923 Svobodny, Russian SFSR, Uni Soviet
Meninggal	19 November 1993(1993-11-19) (umur 70) Moskow, Rusia
Makam	Kuntsevo Cemetery, Moskow
Karya terkenal	Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965) Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) The Diamond Arm (1969) The Twelve Chairs (1971) Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Gelar	Artis Rakyat Uni Soviet (1989)
Suami/istri	Nina Grebeshkova (b. 1930)
Penghargaan (1989) People's Artist of the USSR (en) (1985) Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (en) (1974) People's Artist of the RSFSR (en) (1970) Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (en) (1970) Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (en) (1969) Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (en) (1942) Medal "For Battle Merit" (en) Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (en) Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (en) Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (en) Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (en) Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (en) Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (en) Medal "Veteran of Labour" (en) Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (en)

Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Rusia: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 Januari 1923 - 19 November 1993) adalah sutradara film komedi Soviet dan Rusia yang menikmati popularitas luar biasa dan pengakuan publik yang luas di bekas Uni Soviet. Film-filmnya memecahkan rekor penonton teater dan masih menjadi salah satu DVD terlaris di Rusia. Dia telah digambarkan sebagai "raja komedi Soviet".^[1]