Leonid Izakson was born on February 15, 1914 in Olexandrivsk, Katerynoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine]. Leonid was a cinematographer, known for Leningrad v borbe (1942), Narodnye mstiteli (1943) and Velikaya pobeda pod Leningradom (1944). Leonid died on January 24, 1989 in Bat Yam, Israel.