Leonid Kvinikhidze was born on December 21, 1937 in Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
Heavenly Swallows (1976),
Shlyapa (1982) and
A Golden-coloured Straw Hat (1974). He was married to Ekaterina Elfimova,
Natalia Makarova and Tatiana Arkadievna Grudzinskaya. He died on March 13, 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia.