Leonid Nechayev
Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director.
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Leonid Nechayev

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- Born
- 1939 · Moscow.
- Died
- 2010 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Belarus · Russia
- Occupation
- screenwriter · director
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Honored art worker of the Russian Federation · People's Artist of the Russian Federation · State Prize of the Russian Federation
- Languages
- Russian
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Career
Career
Nechayev's career as director was launched in 1974 with a film called Adventures in a City that does not Exist. He was also the creator of the popular musical fairy tales About The Little Red Riding Hood and The Adventures of Buratino. He was a prolific director at the studio Belarusfilm, where he worked for 17 years and shot 10 films. The Minsk Museum of Cinema has a hall exclusively dedicated to his creative legacy.
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Leonid Nechayev appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a director (born 3 May 1939). The birth of Leonid Nechayev is recorded on 3 May 1939 in Moscow.
Death
Death
Nechayev died on January 24, 2010, aged 70, following a stroke.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Adventures in a City that does not Exist (1974) • The Adventures of Buratino (1976) • About the Little Red Riding Hood (1977) • Peter Pan (1987)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev. His recorded language was Russian.

фотграфия Нечаева Леонида Алексеевича
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Leonid Nechayev died at Moscow.
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Leonid Nechayev received Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and State Prize of the Russian Federation.
Awards
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993) • People's Artist of Russia (2003)
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- 1.Ouvrage auteur1=Tatiana Smorodinskaya Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian 84. Routledge 2013 978-1-136-78786-7 lire en
- 2.Ouvrage en auteur1=Birgit Beumers auteur2=Stephen Hutchings auteur3=Natalia Rulyova Globalisation, Freedom and the Media after Communism Routledge 2013 pages 176 126 978-1-317-96764-4 lire en https://books.google.fr/books?id=ubmMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&dq=Buratino+Leonid+Nechaev
- 3.Jack Zipes, Pauline Greenhill, Kendra Magnus-Johnston Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney. International Perspectives Routledge 2015 pages 356 978-1-134-62820-9 lire en https://books.google.fr/books?id=e8-PCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT285&dq=Buratino+Leonid+Nechaev.
- 4.Ouvrage en Soviet Film année=1979 34 lire en https://books.google.fr/books?id=CAowAQAAIAAJ&dq=Red+Riding+Hood+Leonid+Nechayev
- 5.Sergei Zemlianukhin auteur2=Miroslava Segida auteur3=Evgenij Margolit Russian films, 1991-1994. catalogue Informational and Analytic Centre "DUBL-D" 1979 pages 319 166 lire en https://books.google.fr/books?id=tnwcAQAAIAAJ&dq=Red+Riding+Hood+Leonid+Nechaev.
- 6.Ouvrage en Cine-eye Université d'Indiana 1993 36 lire en https://books.google.fr/books?id=2N4HAQAAMAAJ&dq=Red+Riding+Hood+Leonid+Nechaev
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Leonid Nechayev studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
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