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Richard Schickel

American film scholar (1933-2017) · United States · Directors · Died at 84

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Richard Warren Schickel 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.

A life in dates

2017Died18 February 20172015Walt DisneySeries2011Woody Allen: A DocumentaryFilm2009For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film CriticismFilm2007Cannes: All AccessFilm, Director2006Ask the DustFilm, H. L. Mencken (voice)2004Hitchcock and Dial MFilm2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Film, Director2000BackstorySeriesClint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsFilm, 20001998AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesSeries, Director, Writer1997Eastwood on EastwoodFilm, Director, Writer1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireFilm, Director, Writer1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToFilm, Director, Writer1988American ExperienceSeries1983From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaFilm, Writer, Producer1979The Horror ShowFilm, Director, Writer1973The Men Who Made the MoviesSeries, Director, WriterThe Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred HitchcockFilm, 1973Director, Writer1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1933Born10 February 1933

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Filmography 40

BRBRATS2024 · ★ 6.0
ESEastwood Directs: The Untold StoryDirector, Producer2013
WDWoody Allen: A Documentary2011 · ★ 6.9
TFThe Eastwood FactorDirector, Writer2010
EQEmbracing Chaos: Making The African Queen2010
FCFor the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism2009
YSYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. StoryDirector, Writer2008
THThe Long Shadow of Dirty Harry2008
SSSpielberg on SpielbergDirector, Writer2007
CACannes: All AccessDirector2007
ADAsk the DustH. L. Mencken (voice)2006 · ★ 5.4
WUWatch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and UsDirector, Writer2005
TFThe Adventures of Errol Flynn2005
HMHitchcock and Dial M2004
HCHitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess2004
SSScorsese on ScorseseDirector, Writer2004
CCCharlie: The Life and Art of Charles ChaplinDirector, Writer2003 · ★ 6.9
WFWoody Allen: A Life in FilmDirector, Writer2002
ESEastwood... A StarDirector2002
EUEastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Director2002
TFThe Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerDirector, Writer2002
SPStanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures2001 · ★ 7.4
PMPlay It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'2001
SWShooting WarDirector, Writer2000
CSClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows2000
ALAFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen LegendsWriter1999
TCThe Harryhausen ChroniclesDirector, Writer1997
FDFrank Capra's American Dream1997
EEEastwood on EastwoodDirector, Writer1997
EJElia Kazan: A Director's JourneyDirector, Writer1995
BDBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireDirector, Writer1991
MTMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToDirector, Writer1990
HBHappy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James BondWriter1987
FSFrom Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaWriter, Producer1983
SBSP FX: The Empire Strikes BackWriter, Producer1980
TSThe Horror ShowDirector, Writer1979
TWThe Making of Star WarsWriter1977
THThe Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksDirector, Writer1973
THThe Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred HitchcockDirector, Writer1973
TCThe Men Who Made the Movies: George CukorDirector1973

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WDWalt Disney2015
BABackstory2000
AMAFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesDirector, Writer1998
AEAmerican Experience1988
TMThe Men Who Made the MoviesDirector, Writer1973
TSThe Dick Cavett Show1968

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2017 · aged 84

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