Richard Leiterman
Camera · Director of Photography · Camera Operator · Second Unit Director
Born Apr 7, 1935 · South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Active 1963–2005
Richard Leiterman was a Canadian cinematographer, best known for documentary and feature film work in the 1960s and 1970s. His cinéma vérité, or direct camera, style helped define Canadian cinema at the time.
Filmography
It (1990) — Director of PhotographyDeath Hunt (1981) — Second Unit Director of PhotographyCadence (1990) — Director of PhotographyHigh School (1969) — Director of PhotographyRad (1986) — Director of PhotographyDouble, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993) — Director of PhotographyA Killer Among Friends (1992) — Director of PhotographyTo Grandmother's House We Go (1992) — Director of PhotographyWatchers (1988) — Director of PhotographyHow the West Was Fun (1994) — Director of PhotographyThunderbirds in China (1974) — Director of PhotographyI, Maureen (1978) — Director of PhotographyDeadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 (1995) — Second Unit DirectorChuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music (1992) — Camera OperatorWedding in White (1972) — Director of PhotographyMother Lode (1982) — Director of PhotographyGoin' Down the Road (1970) — Director of PhotographyWhen Friendship Kills (1996) — Director of PhotographyTicket to Heaven (1981) — Director of PhotographyChange of Heart (1993) — Director of PhotographyThe First Season (1989) — Director of PhotographyShe Woke Up Pregnant (1996) — Director of PhotographyThe People Across the Lake (1988) — Director of PhotographyCaitlin's Way (2000) — Director