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Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Philip Leacock )〕 His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Philip Leacock - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie )〕 ==Career== Born in London, England, Leacock spent his childhood in the Canary Islands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BFI Screenonline: Leacock, Philip (1917-1990) Biography )〕 He began his career directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films. Leacock had his first hit with ''The Kidnappers'' (1950), a family movie set in Nova Scotia. He was known for his films about children, particularly ''The Little Kidnappers'' (1953) and ''The Spanish Gardener'' (1956) starring Dirk Bogarde. He also directed ''Innocent Sinners'' (1958), with Flora Robson, ''The Rabbit Trap'' (1959), with Ernest Borgnine and ''The War Lover'' (1962) starring Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a World War II pilot.〔 He began to work manly in Hollywood, where he made ''Take a Giant Step'' (1959), about a black youth's encounter with racism, and ''Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960), about juvenile drug addiction. Around this time, he began to work in television, directing episodes of ''Gunsmoke'', ''Route 66'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Defenders'', and ''The New Land''. As an in-house director noted for his gentle way with child performers, he also directed many segments of the American series ''Eight Is Enough'' (1977–1981). 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Philip Leacock )〕 He retired in 1987, after directing an acclaimed three-part television drama about the Salem witch hunts, ''Three Sovereigns for Sister Sarah,'' which starred Vanessa Redgrave.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985) - Philip Leacock - Cast and Crew - AllMovie )〕 Leacock died while on vacation with his family in London on July 14, 1990. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Leacock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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