Richard Schickel is a film critic, documentary film maker and movie historian, who has written over 30 books, among them The Disney Version; His Picture in the Papers; D.W. Griffith: An American Life; Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity; Brando: A Life in Our Times; Matinee Idylls; and Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip . His 30 documentaries include Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin; Woody Allen: A Life in Film; and Shooting War , which is about combat cameramen in World War II. He has just completed a book about Elia Kazan and a documentary about Martin Scorsese, which is the eighteenth in the series of portraits of American film directors he has made over the course of his career. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was awarded the British Film Institute Book Prize, the Maurice Bessy prize for film criticism, and the William K. Everson Award for his work in film history. His recently completed reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's classic war film, The Big One , was named one of the year's Ten Best Films by the New York Times , and he has won special citations from the National Society of Film Critics, The Los Angeles and Seattle Film Critics Associations, and Anthology Film Archives. He has been reviewing movies for Time since 1972 and writes a monthly column, Film on Paper, for the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Periodicals
- 1965-1972, Film Critic, Life Magazine
- 1972-present, Film Critic, Time Magazine
- 2002-present, Film on Paper, monthly column, Los Angeles Times Book Review
- 1954-present, Essays, articles and reviews, most major publications
Selected Book Publications
- The World of Carnegie Hall, 1960
- The Stars, 1962
- The World of Goya, 1968
- The Disney Version, 1968; revised editions, 1984, 1997
- Second Sight: Notes on Some Movies, 1965-72, 1973
- His Picture in the Papers, 1975
- The Men Who Made the Movies, 1975
- Another I, Another You, 1978
- Cary Grant: A Celebration, 1983
- D.W. Griffith: An American Life, 1984
- Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity, 1985; revised edition, 2000
- James Cagney: A Celebration, 1986
- Striking Poses, 1987 (collaboration)
- Schickel on Film, 1989
- Hollywood at Home, 1990 (collaboration)
- Brando: A Life in Our Times, 1991
- "Double Indemnity," 1992
- Clint Eastwood: A Biography, 1996
- Matinee Idylls: Reflections on the Movies, 1999
- Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip, 2003
- Woody Allen: A Life in Film, 2004
- Elia Kazan: A Biography, 2005
Selected Television & Film Productions
- The Men Who Made the Movies (eight-part series), PBS, 1973, Emmy nominated
- Life Goes to the Movies, NBC, 1976, Emmy nominated
- Funny Business , CBS, 1977
- The Horror Show, CBS, 1978
- Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America, PBS, 1978
- SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back, ABC, 1980
- James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy, PBS, 1982
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga, PBS, 1983
- Minnelli on Minnelli, PBS, 1987, Emmy nominated
- Cary Grant: A Celebration, ABC, 1988
- Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend, TNT, 1989
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To, TNT, 1990
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire, TNT, 1991
- Eastwood & Co: Making Unforgiven, ABC, 1992
- Hollywood on Hollywood, AMC, 1993
- Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey, AMC, 1994, Emmy nominated
- The Moviemakers (four-part series), PBS, 1996
- The Harryhausen Chronicles, AMC, 1997
- Eastwood on Eastwood, TNT, 1997
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (ten-part series), TNT, 1998
- Shooting War, ABC, 2000
- Woody Allen: A Life in Film, TCM, 2002
- The Men Who Made The Movies, TCM, 2002
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, Warner Bros, 2003
- The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, Warner Bros, 2004
- Scorsese on Scorsese, TCM, 2004
- Watch the Skies!, TCM, 2005
Honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1964
- British Film Institute Book Prize, 1985 (D.W. Griffith)
- Academy of Motion Pictures, 100 Best Books On Hollywood, 1993
- Maurice Bessy Award for film criticism, 2001
- Honorary Doctorate, American Film Institute, 2003
- William K. Emerson Award for Film History, National Board of Review, 2005
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, 2005
- National Society of Film Critics, Special Citation, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, 2005
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