Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occuring.
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| Editing | D. A. Pennebaker | Editor |
| Directing | Robert Drew | Director |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Drew | Writer |
| Production | Robert Drew | Producer |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robert Drew | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | D. A. Pennebaker | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Camera Operator |
| Camera | D. A. Pennebaker | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Robert Drew | Editorial Manager |
| Editing | Richard Leacock | Editor |
| Editing | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Editor |
