Background
Leonid Mikhailovich Zhezhelenko was born on 5 August in 1903 in Sloboda Kantemirovka, Voronezh region, Russian Federation. Since 1907 Leonid lived with his parents in Saint Petersburg.
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Leonid Mikhailovich Zhezhelenko
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Leonid Mikhailovich graduated from the acting department of the Petrograd Institute of Performing Arts (now Russian State Institute of Performing Arts) (1923).
Career
Leonid Mikhailovich directed drama circles in Rostov-on-Don and Saint-Petersburg (1924-1931). Since 1936 he worked (with interruptions) as an editor at the Lenfilm studio. During the Great Patriotic War - editor of the scenario studio in the city of Alma-Ata and Moscow. He was a literary consultant of the film studio in Bucharest (1959-1961).
Leonid Mikhailovich is the author of several plays and screenplays, including "Seekers" (1956, together with Daniil Granin on his homonymous novel).
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October 11, 1969 (aged 66) -
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1918 - 1923
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1936
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1959 - 1961