Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic. He was a film critic for Time from 1965–2010, and also wrote for Life and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. His last writings about film were for Truthdig.
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.
^Roberts, Sam (February 21, 2017). "Richard Schickel, Movie Critic, Author and Filmmaker, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
^Dagan, Carmel (February 20, 2017). "Richard Schickel, Influential Time Magazine Film Critic, Dies at 84".
richard, schickel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Richard Schickel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Richard Warren Schickel February 10 1933 February 18 2017 was an American film historian journalist author documentarian and film and literary critic He was a film critic for Time from 1965 2010 and also wrote for Life and the Los Angeles Times Book Review His last writings about film were for Truthdig Richard SchickelSchickel in 2000BornRichard Warren Schickel 1933 02 10 February 10 1933Milwaukee Wisconsin U S DiedFebruary 18 2017 2017 02 18 aged 84 Los Angeles California U S OccupationFilm critichistorianfilmmakerAlma materUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonYears active1960 2015He was interviewed in For the Love of Movies The Story of American Film Criticism 2009 In this documentary he discusses early film critics Frank E Woods Robert E Sherwood and Otis Ferguson and tells of how in the 1960s he Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris rejected moralizing opposition of the older Bosley Crowther of The New York Times who had railed against violent movies such as Bonnie and Clyde 1967 In addition to film Schickel also critiqued and documented cartoons particularly Peanuts 1 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Honors 3 Books 4 Documentaries 5 DVD commentaries 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPersonal life editSchickel was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin the son of Helen nee Hendricks and Edward John Schickel 2 3 He received his B A in political science from the University 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 Honors editSchickel received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964 He also lectured at Yale University and University of Southern California s School of Film and Television Books editThe World of Carnegie Hall 1960 The Stars 1962 The Gentle Knight 1964 Movies The history of an Art and an Institution 1964 The World of Goya 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 of Douglas 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 aka Common Fame The Culture of Celebrity revised 2000 Lena by Lena 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 and World War II 2003 Woody Allen A Life in Film 2004 Elia Kazan A Biography 2005 Bogie A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart 2006 ISBN 0 312 36629 9 The Essential Chaplin Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian 2006 editor Clint Eastwood A Retrospective 2010 Conversations with Scorsese 2011 Steven Spielberg A Retrospective 2012 Keepers The Greatest Films and Personal Favorites of a Moviegoing Lifetime 2015 Documentaries editThe 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 Remembers Vincente 1987 PBS Emmy nominated Happy Anniversary 007 25 Years of James 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 amp Co Making Unforgiven 1992 ABC Hollywood on Hollywood 1993 AMC Elia Kazan A Director s Journey 1995 AMC Emmy nominated Eastwood on Eastwood 1997 The Harryhausen 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 The Warner Bros Story 2008 three part series PBS The Eastwood Factor 2010 Eastwood Directs The Untold Story 2013 DVD commentaries editThe Big Red One The Big Trail City for Conquest Dirty Harry La Dolce Vita Double Indemnity East of Eden El Dorado with actor Edward Asner and author Todd McCarthy Gentleman s Agreement with actresses Celeste Holm and June Havoc Gilda The Good the Bad and the Ugly Hangover Square The Hustler with actor Paul Newman film historian Jeff Young and other participants Leave Her to Heaven with actor Darryl Hickman The Mark of Zorro On the Waterfront with Elia Kazan biographer Jeff Young Once Upon a Time in America Pin Up Girl The Purple Heart Rebecca Rio Bravo with filmmaker John Carpenter Ryan s Daughter with director David Lean s wife Lady Sandra Lean actress Sarah Miles and other participants Side Street Somebody Up There Likes Me with director Robert Wise actors Paul Newman and Robert Loggia and filmmaker Martin Scorsese Strangers on a Train with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano Patricia Highsmith biographer Andrew Wilson and other participants Sudden Impact Titanic Unforgiven WhirlpoolSee also editWalt Disney 2015 References edit Michaelis David 2007 Schulz and Peanuts a Biography Harper p 343 ISBN 9780066213934 Schickel Richard April May 2006 My Milwaukee American Heritage Vol 57 no 2 Richard Schickel Biography 1933 www filmreference com Roberts Sam February 21 2017 Richard Schickel Movie Critic Author and Filmmaker Dies at 84 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved September 27 2023 Dagan Carmel February 20 2017 Richard Schickel Influential Time Magazine Film Critic Dies at 84 Each part of the series is dedicated to a director Frank Capra George Cukor Howard Hawks Alfred Hitchcock Vincente Minnelli King Vidor Raoul Walsh William A Wellman External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Schickel Official website archived in 2015 Richard Schickel at IMDb 1989 audio interview with Richard Schickel Archived December 5 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Wired for Books by Don Swaim Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Schickel amp oldid 1194331146, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
