georgiy daneliya ( "giorgi danelia"; ; 25 august 1930 – 4 april 2019), also known as giya daneliya, was a soviet and russian movie director and screenwriter. he was best known for directing the movies "walking the streets of moscow" (1963), "afonya" (1975), "mimino" (1977), "autumn marathon" (1979) and "kin-dza-dza!" (1986). he was named a people's artist of the ussr in 1989.