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Richard Leacock

Director · 56 credits · 6 in highly-rated films

Best known for Brussels Loops (1958)

Frequent collaborators: D. A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, Robert Drew

Directed movies (32 total, ranked by score)

  1. Brussels Loops

    1958

    Documentary

    1

  2. Christopher and Me

    1960 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963 · ★ 6.9 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Chiefs

    1968 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Lambert & Co.

    1964 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    5

  6. A Happy Mother's Day

    1963 · ★ 5.5 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Community of Praise

    1983

    7

  8. Louise Brooks

    1986

    Documentary

    8

  9. 1 P.M.

    1971 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Lulu in Berlin

    1984 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. The Chair

    1963 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Frames of Reference

    1960 · ★ 9.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The Children Were Watching

    1961 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. A Stravinsky Portrait

    1967 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie, Documentary, Music

    14

  15. Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

    1968 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Canary Island Bananas

    1935

    Documentary

    16

  17. Adventures on the New Frontier

    1961 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    17

  18. Nehru

    1962

    Documentary

    18

  19. Mooney vs. Fowle

    1962

    Documentary, TV Movie

    19

  20. Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

    1991

    Documentary

    20

  21. Centerbeam

    1977

    Documentary

    21

  22. Toby and the Tall Corn

    1954

    Documentary

    22

  23. Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

    1962

    23

  24. Campaign Manager

    1964

    Documentary

    24

  25. Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire

    1965

    Documentary

    25

  26. On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    1961

    Documentary

    26

  27. RainForest

    1968

    27

  28. Flora Natapoff - An American Painter

    1999

    28

  29. Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

    1981

    Documentary

    29

  30. Queen of Apollo

    1970

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.