A dark cultural day darkens still with the news that Richard Leacock, the prolific filmmaker who, with fellow directors D.A. Pennebaker, Robert Drew and the Maysles Brothers helped pioneer the nonfiction format known as “direct cinema,” has died at 89 . A sampling of his influential work — and a few valuable life lessons for the up-and-comers out there — after the jump.

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VIDEO: The Life Lessons of Doc Legend Richard Leacock, Dead at 89