As Director
Cricket Behind the Hearth
2001
4.3
Leonid Nechayev
Directing
Birth Date
May 3, 1939
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Date of Death
January 23, 2010
Biography
Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (Russian: Леони́д Алексе́евич Неча́ев; 3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director. 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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Do Not Leave...
1989
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Peter Pan
1987
5.6
As Director
Red, Honest, in Love
1984
4.7
As Director
Tale of the Star-Child
1983
5.0
As Director
Sold Laughter
1981
5.2
As Director
Accept a Telegram for Credit
1979
3.4
As Director
The Imaginary Invalid
1979
2.3
As Director
The Adventures of Buratino
1975
6.7