Leonid Kvinikhidze Explained

Leonid Kvinikhidze
Birthname:Leonid Aleksandrovich Faintsimmer
Birth Date:21 December 1937
Birth Place:Leningrad, Soviet Union
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Occupation:screenwriter
film director
Years Active:1960—2018
Awards:Golden Mask (2006)

Leonid Aleksandrovich Kvinikhidze (Russian: Леонид Александрович Квинихидзе; 21 December 1937 – 13 March 2018) was a Russian screenwriter and film director[1] [2] His father, Aleksandr Faintsimmer, was also a film director.[3] [4]

His first wife was the ballerina Natalia Makarova.[5]

He died in Saint Petersburg on 13 March 2018.[5]

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968Moabite Notebookdirector
1973Failure of Engineer Garindirector
1974The Straw Hatdirector, screenwriter
1976Heavenly Swallowsdirector, screenwriter
197831 Junedirector, screenwriter TV
1983Mary Poppins, Goodbyedirector
1987Frienddirector
1992White Nightsdirector

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Режиссер фильма "Мэри Поппинс, до свидания!" Квинихидзе скончался в Петербурге . 2018-03-14 . Interfax.ru . ru-RU . 2018-03-14.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222055357/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba70c1623 British Film Institute
  3. Web site: Дело в "шляпке". Легендарному фильму "Соломенная шляпка" - 40 лет. Argumenty i Fakty. Marina Murzina. 17 January 2015 .
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqlpFxjc1t4 Видео: интервью Леонида Квинихидзе о кинематографе − 2008
  5. https://styler.rbc.ua/rus/zvyozdy/umer-izvestnyy-sovetskiy-rezhisser-1521037744.html Умер известный советский режиссёр Леонид Квинихидзе