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Richard Leacock
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Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Actor Born: July 18, 1921 in London, England, UK Biography:American filmmaker/cinematographer "Richard Leacock" made a major contribution to the development of the American version of "cinema verite" called "Direct Cinema." As enacted by Leacock and "Robert Drew", Direct Cinema attempted to utilize the camera only as a means to objectively record events as they happened without subjecting it to pre-planned direction or much care for the resulting technical quality of the finished product. What was important was to capture the now, just as it happened without the interference of the director and the crew. Typically, Leacock and the others involved in the movie travelled to events with minimal equipment and carried hand-held cameras.
The younger brother of feature filmmaker "Philip Leacock", Richard began making his first films at age 14 while living in Britain (he was born a British citizen in the Canary Islands). Three years later he moved to the States,... Full Biography
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