Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

Born: July 18, 1921
Died: March 23, 2011
in London, UK
Richard Leacock was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema and Cinéma vérité.

Movies for Richard Leacock...

Monica in the South Seas
Title: Monica in the South Seas
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family with a hands-on interest in continuing the directing legacy. Among the materials he found in the estate of Robert and Frances Flaherty’s daughter Monica were the film reels and video tapes detailing several years of work on realising her lifelong dream project: a sound version of her parents’ 1926 docu-fiction axiom, Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age.
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Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Title: Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.
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How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Title: How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2014
Type: Movie
In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded conversations with him about his life, his work, and his other passion: cooking! With the flair of a seasoned raconteur, Leacock recounts key moments in his seventy years as a filmmaker and the innovations that he, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles and others invented that revolutionized documentary filmmaking, and explores the mystery of creativity. With the passing of both Blank and Leacock, the documentary is a moving insight into the lives of two seminal figures in the history of film.
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Ricky on Leacock
Title: Ricky on Leacock
Character: Self
Released: June 10, 2012
Type: Movie
A 38-year journey that the director began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, the director filmed many and various encounters between Ricky, his friends and contemporaries including Henri Langlois, Jean Rouch, Jean-Luc Godard, DA Pennebaker, Robert Drew, and others. Mixing her own footage with film clips and rare images from Leacock's personal film archives, this film pays homage to the director's mentor and, most importantly, allows him to tell us the story of his long film making career in his own words.
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Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Title: Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Colleagues, friends and specialists pay tribute to the filmmaker Mario Ruspoli in a portrait that mixes encounters, archive images and film excerpts. With testimonies from Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Edgar Morin, D.A. Pennebaker and others.
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A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
Title: A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
Character: Himself
Released: July 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Robert Flaherty is credited with being the father of the modern documentary after making "Nanook of the North" and classics such as "Man of Aran" and "Louisiana Story", but he is also criticized for engaging in distortion and stereotyping.
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Morris Engel: The Independent
Title: Morris Engel: The Independent
Character: Self
Released: May 8, 2008
Type: Movie
Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel
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The Last Documentary
Title: The Last Documentary
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Title: Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 1992
Type: Movie
An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the movement with insight on the lives and works of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and other principal players in the New Wave.
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Lulu in Berlin
Title: Lulu in Berlin
Character: Interviewer
Released: May 27, 1984
Type: Movie
Vérité documentarian Richard Leacock’s LULU IN BERLIN features one of the few long interviews ever done with actor Louise Brooks. It took place in her apartment in Rochester, New York, in 1971.
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Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
Title: Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
Released: March 30, 1984
Type: Movie
A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.