Richard Leacock
Birthday:
18 July 1921, London, England, UK
Richard Leacock was born on July 18, 1921 in London, England. He was a director and cinematographer, known for 1 P.M. (1971), Lulu in Berlin (1984) and Gott sei Dank - Ein Besuch bei Helga Feddersen (1993). He was married to Valérie Lalonde and Eleanor Burke. He died on March 23, 2011 in Paris, France.
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 Eveni...Show more »
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. Show less «
To hell with cinema. To hell with television. If I can make something with a video camera and show it to a few friends on DVD, what more do ...Show more »
To hell with cinema. To hell with television. If I can make something with a video camera and show it to a few friends on DVD, what more do I want? The only trouble is, it's a bad way to make money. Show less «
On the film, "Louisiana Story;" I saw that when we were using small cameras, we had tremendous flexibility, we could do anything we wanted a...Show more »
On the film, "Louisiana Story;" I saw that when we were using small cameras, we had tremendous flexibility, we could do anything we wanted and get a wonderful sense of cinema. The moment we had to shoot dialogue--lip sync--everything had to be locked down, the nature of the film changed. Show less «
