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Leacock, Richard

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Personal name headingLeacock, Richard
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Birth date19210721
Death date20110323
Found inHis Richard Leacock, 1978: t.p. (Richard Leacock) text of interview (was in film distribution; taught at MIT; developed film equipment)
New York times WWW site, Mar. 25, 2011 (in obituary published Mar. 24: Richard Leacock; b. July 18, 1921, London; d. Wednesday [Mar. 23, 2011], Paris, aged 89; filmmaker who helped create the documentary style known as direct camera or cinéma vérité, and who played a pivotal role in making some of the most innovative documentaries of the 1960s)