Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock | |
|---|---|
Leacock in 2009 | |
| Born | 18 July 1921 London, England |
| Died | 24 March 2011 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Spouses | Eleanor Burke
(m. 1941; div. 1951)Marilyn Pedersen West
(m. 1963; died 1980) |
| Children | 5 |
Richard Leacock (18 July 1921 – 23 March 2011) was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of direct cinema and cinéma vérité.