Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (russian: Леони́д Алексе́евич Неча́ев; 3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director.Елена Юринская
Папа Лёня: Скончался кинорежиссёр Леонид Нечаев.
Российская газета. January 25, 2010.

Career

Nechayev's career as director was launched in 1974 with a film called ''

Adventures in a City that does not Exist ''Adventures in a City that does not Exist'' (russian: Приключения в городе, которого нет, Priklucheniya v gorode, kotorogo net) is a 1974 Soviet children's musical film, directorial debut of Leonid Nechayev. Plot P ...

''. 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 Belarusfilm ( be, Беларусьфільм) is the main film studio of Belarus. History Belarusfilm, under the name ''Belgoskino'' was founded in 1924. In 1928, the ''Soviet Belarus'' studio (''Савецкая Беларусь'') was founded ...

, where he worked for 17 years and shot 10 films. The Minsk Museum of Cinema has a hall exclusively dedicated to his creative legacy.

Death

Nechayev died on January 24, 2010, aged 70, following a stroke.

Selected filmography

*''

'' (1974) *'' The Adventures of Buratino'' (1976) *'' About the Little Red Riding Hood'' (1977) *''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...

'' (1987)

Awards

State Prize of the Russian Federation The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates ...

(1993) *

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(2003)

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* 1939 births 2010 deaths Russian film directors People's Artists of Russia Soviet film directors State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Belarusian film directors Fantasy film directors {{Russia-film-director-stub