Leonids Leimanis was born on April 16, 1910 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire as Leonid Janovich Leimanis. He was a director and writer, known for Pie bagatas kundzes (1969), Kapteinis Nulle (1964) and Mech i roza (1959). He died on July 6, 1974 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR.