# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-leacock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:45:07.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-leacock"
name: "Richard Leacock"
slug: "richard-leacock"
description: "Richard Leacock was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of direct cinema and cinéma vérité."
tagline: "British film director (1921–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Leacock.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1921-07-18"
deathDate: "2011-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.34
  momentum:             4.901960784313725
  historical:           8.761701333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricky-valerie-leacock-a782516/"
    handle:    "ricky-valerie-leacock-a782516"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494886/"
    handle:    "nm0494886"
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ريتشارد لياكوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Richard Leacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Richard Leacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Richard Leacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Richard Leacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Richard Leacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "リチャード・リーコック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leacock"
    title: "Richard Leacock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Ликок, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364819"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump