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Richard Schickel
Schickel in 2000
Born	Richard Warren Schickel (1933-02-10)February 10, 1933 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	February 18, 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film critic historian filmmaker
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Years active	1960–2015

Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an Americanfilm historian, journalist, author, documentarian, andfilm andliterary critic. He was a film critic forTime from 1965–2010, and also wrote forLife and theLos Angeles Times Book Review. His last writings about film were forTruthdig.

He was interviewed inFor the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009). In this documentary, he discusses early film criticsFrank E. Woods,Robert E. Sherwood, andOtis Ferguson, and tells of how, in the 1960s, he,Pauline Kael andAndrew Sarris, rejected moralizing opposition of the olderBosley Crowther ofThe New York Times who had railed againstviolent movies such asBonnie and Clyde (1967). In addition to film, Schickel also critiqued and documented cartoons, particularlyPeanuts.^[1]

Schickel was born inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Helen (née Hendricks) and Edward John Schickel.^[2][3] He received hisB.A. in political science from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison in 1955.^[4]

Schickel had two daughters. Following a series of strokes, he died in Los Angeles on February 18, 2017, eight days after his 84th birthday.^[5]

Schickel received aGuggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He also lectured atYale University andUniversity of Southern California'sSchool of Film and Television.

• The World ofCarnegie Hall (1960)
• The Stars (1962)
• The Gentle Knight (1964)
• Movies: The history of an Art and an Institution (1964)
• The World ofGoya, 1746–1828 (1968)
• The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney (1968); revised editions: 1984, 1997
• The Museum (1970)
• Second Sight: Notes on Some Movies 1965–1970 (1972)
• His Picture in the Papers: A Speculation on Celebrity in America Based on the Life ofDouglas Fairbanks, Sr. (1974)
• Harold Lloyd: The Shape of Laughter (1974)
• The World of Tennis (1975)
• The Men Who Made The Movies (1975)
• Douglas Fairbanks: The First Celebrity (1976)
• Another I, Another You: A Novel (1978)
• Singled Out: A Civilized Guide to Sex and Sensibility for the Suddenly Single Man—or Woman (1981)
• Cary Grant: A Celebration (1983)
• D.W. Griffith: An American Life (1984);British Film Institute Book Prize, 1985
• Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity (1985) (akaCommon Fame: The Culture of Celebrity); revised 2000
• Lena byLena Horne and Richard Schickel
• James Cagney: A Celebration (1986)
• Gary Cooper (1986)ISBN 0-316-77307-7
• Striking Poses: Photographs from the Kobal Collection (1987)
• Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years by Richard Schickel and Michael Walsh (1987)
• Schickel on Film: Encounters—Critical and Personal—With Movie Immortals (1989)
• Brando: A Life in Our Times (1991)
• Double Indemnity (BFI Film Classics) (1992)
• Clint Eastwood: A Biography (1996)
• Hollywood at Home: A Family Album 1950–1965 (1998)
• Matinee Idylls: Reflections on the Movies (1999)
• Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip: Movies, Memory andWorld War II (2003)
• Woody Allen: A Life in Film (2004)
• Elia Kazan: A Biography (2005)
• Bogie: A Celebration of the Life and Films ofHumphrey Bogart (2006)ISBN 0-312-36629-9
• The EssentialChaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian (2006) (editor)
• Clint [Eastwood] A Retrospective (2010)
• Conversations withScorsese (2011)
• Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective (2012)
• Keepers: The Greatest Films - and Personal Favorites - of a Moviegoing Lifetime (2015)

• The Men Who Made the Movies (1973), eight-part series,^[6]PBS,Emmy nominated
• Into the Morning:Willa Cather's America (1975)
• Life Goes to the Movies (writer, 1976),NBC, Emmy nominated
• The Making of Star Wars (writer, 1977),ABC
• Funny Business (1978),CBS
• The Horror Show (1979), CBS
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (writer, 1980), CBS
• James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981), PBS
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (writer, 1983), PBS
• Minnelli on Minnelli:Liza RemembersVincente (1987), PBS, Emmy nominated
• Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years ofJames Bond (writer, 1987), ABC
• Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (writer, 1988), ABC
• Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989),TNT
• Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1991), TNT
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991), TNT
• Eastwood & Co : Making Unforgiven (1992), ABC
• Hollywood on Hollywood (1993),AMC
• Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1995), AMC, Emmy nominated
• Eastwood on Eastwood (1997)
• TheHarryhausen Chronicles (1998), PBS
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (writer, 1999), CBS
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (writer, 2000), CBS
• Shooting War:World War II Combat Cameramen (2000), ABC, Emmy nominated
• Woody Allen: A Life in Film (2002),TCM
• The Men Who Made the Movies:Samuel Fuller (2002), TCM
• Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
• Scorsese on Scorsese (2004), TCM
• Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005), TCM
• Spielberg on Spielberg (2007), TCM
• Cannes: All Access (2007)
• Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film (2008), TCM
• You Must Remember This: TheWarner Bros. Story (2008), three-part series, PBS
• The Eastwood Factor (2010)
• Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)

• The Big Red One
• The Big Trail
• City for Conquest
• Dirty Harry
• La Dolce Vita
• Double Indemnity
• East of Eden
• El Dorado, with actorEdward Asner and authorTodd McCarthy
• Gentleman's Agreement, with actressesCeleste Holm andJune Havoc
• Gilda
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Hangover Square
• The Hustler, with actorPaul Newman, film historian Jeff Young and other participants
• Leave Her to Heaven, with actorDarryl Hickman
• The Mark of Zorro
• On the Waterfront, withElia Kazan biographer Jeff Young
• The Outlaw Josey Wales
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Pin Up Girl
• The Purple Heart
• Rebecca
• Rio Bravo, with filmmakerJohn Carpenter
• Ryan's Daughter, with directorDavid Lean's wife Lady Sandra Lean, actressSarah Miles and other participants
• Side Street
• Somebody Up There Likes Me, with directorRobert Wise, actors Paul Newman andRobert Loggia, and filmmakerMartin Scorsese
• Strangers on a Train, with filmmakerPeter Bogdanovich,Psycho screenwriterJoseph Stefano,Patricia Highsmith biographer Andrew Wilson and other participants
• Sudden Impact
• Titanic
• Unforgiven
• Whirlpool

• Walt Disney (2015)

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