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Richard Warren Schickel (born February 10, 1933, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He is a film critic for Time magazine, having also written for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Schickel was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He has also lectured at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television.

Books

• The World of Carnegie Hall (1960)
• The Stars (1962)
• 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)
• 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)

Documentaries

• The Men Who Made the Movies (1973), eight-part series, PBS, Emmy nominated
• Life Goes to the Movies (1976), NBC, Emmy nominated
• Funny Business (1977), CBS
• The Horror Show (1978), CBS
• Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America (1978), PBS
• SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), ABC
• James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1982), PBS
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983), PBS
• Minnelli on Minnelli (1987), PBS, Emmy nominated
• Cary Grant: A Celebration (1988), ABC
• Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989), TNT
• Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990), 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 (1994), AMC, Emmy nominated
• You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008), three-part series, PBS

DVD Commentaries

• The Big Red One
• The Big Trail
• City for Conquest
• Dirty Harry
• La Dolce Vita
• Double Indemnity
• East of Eden
• El Dorado
• Gentleman's Agreement
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Hangover Square
• The Hustler
• Leave Her to Heaven
• The Mark of Zorro
• On the Waterfront
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Pin Up Girl
• The Purple Heart
• Rebecca
• Rio Bravo
• Ryan's Daughter
• Side Street
• Somebody Up There Likes Me
• Strangers on a Train
• Sudden Impact
• Titanic
• Unforgiven
• Whirlpool

References

External links

• Official website
• Richard Schickel at the Internet Movie Database
• 1989 audio interview with Richard Schickel at Wired for Books.org by Don Swaim