Richard Leacock
Also Known As: Ричард Ликок
Biography: Richard Leacock (July 18, 1921 – March 15, 2011) was a pioneering American-born filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the founding figures of the cinéma vérité movement. He was a key influence on the development of observational documentary filmmaking, known for his innovative use of handheld cameras and his emphasis on capturing spontaneous, real-time events. Leacock's most notable works include Primary (1960), which followed John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey during the 1960 Democratic primary campaign, and Chronicle of a Summer (1961), co-directed with Jean Rouch, a landmark film in the cinéma vérité genre. Throughout his career, Leacock collaborated with other influential filmmakers, including Robert Drew and D.A. Pennebaker, and helped shape the way documentaries were made. His legacy continues to influence contemporary documentary filmmakers.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: London, UK
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Birthday: July 18, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 23, 2011
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Monica in the South Seas
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-18
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Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
Overview: 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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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-07
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The Last Documentary
Overview: Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-10-25
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Ricky on Leacock
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-10
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Morris Engel: The Independent
Overview: Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-08
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Message to Man
Overview: In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its events, guests and participants, such as the American director Leo Hurwitz, the Latvian director Ivars Seleckis, and the ballerina Natalya Makarova, among others. It also shows the “engine room” of the festival: the work of the main office and the PROKKa professional cinematographers’ club, guests being greeted and seen off. A charity evening with Natalya Makarova, a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the war and excerpts of documentary films presented at the festival are also featured.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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1 P.M.
Overview: Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was meant to be One A.M., as in “one American movie”; but Godard quit the project and the U.S., where to his dismay he discovered that revolution wasn’t imminent, and Pennebaker edited Godard’s material, to which he and Richard Leacock even added a bit more, releasing the result as One P.M., as in “one parallel movie.” It’s a stunning mixture of cinéma-vérité, political theater, and interviews of key sixties figures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-08
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Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
Overview: A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-03-30
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Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Overview: In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-20
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Lulu in Berlin
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-27
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How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-31
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Solstice and Solyanka
Overview: Super 8 film. Observations of the Institute on Film, Video & Photography, Amherst, MA, summer 1975. Among the cast of characters, in order of appearance, are Robert Breer, John Terry, Steve Ascher, Richard Leacock, Jon Rubin, Frank Daniel, Ed Emshwiller, Ann McIntosh, Terry Lockhart, Standish Lawder, Jerome Liebling.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-04
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