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Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
	Schickel in 2000
Born	Richard Warren Schickel; February 10, 1933; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	February 18, 2017 (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 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.

He 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]

Personal life

Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Helen (née 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

Schickel received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He 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)
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

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 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 & 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)