Richard Leiterman
Richard Leiterman | |
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South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada | |
| Died | July 14, 2005 (aged 70) , Canada |
Richard Leiterman (March 7, 1935 – July 14, 2005) was a Canadian
Biography
Born in the small town of
Leiterman took to the film camera like a natural. He sold his car to buy a 16mm camera, and proceeded to shoot stock footage, which he then sold to Canadian broadcasters like the CBC. Hired by Allan King as a second camera operator on a documentary, Leiterman went to London and, in 1962, co-founded Allan King Associates with him. The company focused on news-related filmmaking. In 1963, Leiterman went to the Southern U.S. to shoot One More River, a look at racism in America. Over the next few years, his documentary work took him around the world.
In 1969, Leiterman shot the Allan King-produced
Leiterman continued to shoot a variety of material over the following three decades, from Canadian features such as
During the late 1990s, Leiterman shot the Canadian TV series Cold Squad. He taught cinematography for a brief time in the Advanced TV & Film program and Media Arts program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, then finally retired.[citation needed]
Leiterman died on July 14, 2005, at age 70 due to complications from a rare disease called amyloidosis.
References
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Reid, Alison (1978). Richard Leiterman. Canadian Film Series. Canadian Film Institute. pp. 120. ISBN 0919096026.
- ^ "Trial by fire, an interview with Richard Leiterman", Take One (Canadian film magazine), 2002, retrieved 2014-04-01
External links
- Richard Leiterman at IMDb
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