Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer. His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock. Born in London, England, Leacock spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films. He was known for his films about children, particularly The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers, 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars for two of its performers, 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) with Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a World War II pilot. He began to work mainly 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 an aspiring young pianist whose mother is a drug addict. Around this time, he began to work in television, directing episodes of Gunsmoke, Route 66, The Waltons, The Defenders, and The New Land. He also directed many segments of the American series Eight Is Enough (1977–1981). He retired in 1987 after directing a three-part television drama about the Salem witch hunts titled Three Sovereigns for Sister Sarah, which starred Vanessa Redgrave. Leacock died while on vacation with his family in London on 14 July 1990. Philip Leacock(1917년생, London, United Kingdom) 는 감독으로, 대표작으로 제시카의 추리극장, Hawaii Five-O, American Playhouse가 있으며, 그 외에도 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, 월튼네 사람들, The Virginian, Fantasy Island, Cannon, Rawhide, Hotel, Gunsmoke, 별들의 전쟁, Tales of the Unexpected 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 1985년 Three Sovereigns for Sarah 연출을 맡았다. 1985년 Berrenger's 연출을 맡았다. 1984년 제시카의 추리극장 연출을 맡았다.