Richard Leacock

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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Camera, Film & Tape, Editor, Other

Born

July 18, 1921

Career Milestones

1976

Appointed president of Film Study Center at Hampshire College

1969

Appointed head of Film Department at MIT

1963

Formed Leacock-Pennebaker, Inc. with D.A. Pennebaker

1960

Worked on Robert Drew's film "Primary," an intimate observation of a primary election with Democratic hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey

1958

Formed Drew Associates with LIFE magazine editor Robert Drew

1954

Wrote and directed "Toby and the Tall Corn" for the cultural TV program, "Omnibus"

1948

Worked as a cameraman on Robert Flaherty's "Louisiana Story"

Awards

2008

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film for Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award