Richard Leacock(1921-2011)

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How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy (2014)

Richard Leacock was born on 18 July 1921 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Omnibus (1952), Canary Island Bananas (1935) and Louisiana Story (1948). He was married to Marilyn Elizabeth Pedersen West, Eleanor Burke and Valérie Lalonde. He died on 23 March 2011 in Paris, France.

Known for

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TV Series

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Short

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A President to Remember
7.3
- Cinematographer
- 2008
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
7.6
Video
- Cinematographer
- 2002
John Huston War Stories
6.3
- Cinematographer
- 1999
Gott sei Dank - Ein Besuch bei Helga Feddersen
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1993
Vicars
- Cinematographer
- 1993
Shake! Otis at Monterey
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Short
- Cinematographer
- 1987
Jimi Plays Monterey
8.1
- Cinematographer
- 1986
American Masters
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TV Series
- Cinematographer (uncredited)
- 1986
Community of Praise
6.4
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1983
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
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Short
- Cinematographer
- 1973
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto
6.8
Video
- Cinematographer
- 1971
1 P.M.
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- Cinematographer
- 1971
Original Cast Album: Company
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- Cinematographer
- 1970
Maidstone
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- Cinematographer
- 1970
French Lunch
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1968

Official sites
- Filmmaker's Memoir
- Official Site
Alternative name
- Ricky Leacock
Born
- July 18, 1921
- London, England, UK
Died
- March 23, 2011
- Paris, France(undisclosed)
Spouses
Children
- Robert Leacock
Other works
Digital video book (DVB) version of his autobiography "The Feeling of Being There: a filmmaker's memoir".
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 1 Article

Trivia
He and Ed Pincus founded a film school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he taught for 20 years. He moved to Paris, France in 1988.

Quotes
I made Happy Mother's Day because I was broke, but when I saw what was happening to this family, I got really interested. The Saturday Evening Post editor loved it, but the publisher-producer did not like it. So, it got changed into this film about how nice it is to have quintuplets, and it was sponsored by a baby-food company.