Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock
Leacock in 2009
Born	(1921-07-18)18 July 1921 London, England
Died	24 March 2011(2011-03-24) (aged 89) Paris, France
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Film director
Spouses	Eleanor Burke ​ ​ (m. 1941; div. 1951)​ Marilyn Pedersen West ​ ​ (m. 1963; died 1980)​
Children	5

Richard Leacock (18 July 1921 – 23 March 2011)^[1] was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of direct cinema and cinéma vérité.