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Richard Warren Schickel (born February 10, 1933 in 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 receipient 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
- Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity (1985) a.k.a. Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity; revised 2000
- Lena by Lena Horne and Richard Schickel
- James Cagney: A Celebration (1986)
- Gary Cooper (1986) ISBN 0316773077
- 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 0312366299
- 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
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