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 1 P.M. (1971). He was married to Eleanor Burke and Valérie Lalonde. He died on 23 March 2011 in Paris, France.

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TV Series

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Short

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Movie

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Movie

A President to Remember
7.2
- Cinematographer
- 2008
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
7.9
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
7.9
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1987
Jimi Plays Monterey
8.1
- Cinematographer
- 1986
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- Cinematographer (uncredited)
- 1986
Community of Praise
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1983
Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
7.0
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
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.