Schickel, Richard 1933-

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Schickel, Richard 1933-

PERSONAL

Full name, Richard Warren Schickel; born February 10, 1933, in Milwaukee, WI; son of Edward John and Helen (maiden name, Hendricks) Schickel; married Julia Carroll Whedon, March 11, 1960 (divorced); married Carol Rubinstein (a producer and lighting designer), December 27, 1985 (died, 1991); children: (first marriage) Erika, Jessica. Education: University of Wisconsin at Madison, B.S., 1956, graduate study, 1956-57.

Career:

Producer, director, film historian, critic, and writer. Lorac Productions, president, beginning 1986. Sports Illustrated, reporter, 1956-57; Look, senior editor, 1957-60; Show, senior editor, 1960-62, book columnist, 1963-64; Life, film reviewer, 1965-72; Film, coeditor, 1967-68; Time, film reviewer, 1972; Los Angeles Times, author of monthly book review column "Film on Paper," 2002—. Yale University, lecturer in art history, 1972, 1976; University of Southern California, adjunct professor, 1989. Consultant to Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics,.

Awards, Honors:

Young Writer Award, New Republic, 1959; Guggenheim fellowship, 1964-65; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding achievement for a documentary program, 1973, for The Men Who Made the Movies; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding program achievement, 1976, for Life Goes to the Movies: The Big Event; Book Prize, British Film Institute, 1985, and Theatre Library Association Award, 1987, both for D. W. Griffith: An American Life; Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding informational special and outstanding directing, both 1987, for Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente; Maurice Bessy Prize for film criticism, 2001; honorary doctorate, American Film Institute, 2003; special citations, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Seattle Film Critics Association, both (with others) 2004, for reconstruction of The Big Red One; William K. Everson Award for Film History, National Board of Review, 2004.

CREDITS

Television Producer and Director; Specials:

Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America (also known as The World of Willa Cather), PBS, 1978.

The Horror Show, CBS, 1979.

James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy, PBS, 1981.

Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente, PBS, 1987.

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend, TNT, 1989.

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (also known as Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy—So Nice to Come Home To), TNT, 1990.

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire, TNT, 1991.

Eastwood & Co. Making "Unforgiven," ABC, 1992.

Eastwood … A Star, 1992.

Hollywood on Hollywood, AMC, 1993.

Eastwood on Eastwood (also known as Clint Eastwood: A Biography), TNT, 1997.

The Harryhausen Chronicles, AMC, 1998.

Shooting War (also known as Shooting War: World War II Cameramen), ABC, 2000.

Woody Allen: A Life in Film, TNT, 2002.

Scorsese on Scorsese, TCM, 2004.

Watch the Skies! Science Fiction, the 1950s, and Us (also known as Watch the Skies!), TCM, 2005.

Spielberg on Spielberg, TCM, 2007.

Bienvenue a Cannes (also known as Cannes: All Access), TCM, 2007.

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, PBS, 2008.

Television Producer; Specials:

Hollywood: You Must Remember This, PBS, 1972.

Life Goes to the Movies: The Big Event (also known as Life Goes to the Movies), NBC, 1976.

The Making of "Star Wars," ABC, 1976.

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back, CBS, 1980.

From "Star Wars" to "Jedi": The Making of a Saga, CBS, 1983.

Coproducer, Cary Grant: A Celebration, ABC, 1988.

Clint Eastwood on Westerns, 1992.

Co-executive producer, AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies: In Search Of, CBS, 1998.

Co-executive producer, AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies: The Wilder Shores of Love, CBS, 1998.

Co-executive producer, AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies: Against the Grain, CBS, 1998.

Executive producer, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart Pounding Movies, CBS, 2001.

Television Director; Specials:

Funny Business, CBS, 1978.

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey, American Movie Classics, 1995.

Television Producer and Director; Miniseries:

The Men Who Made the Movies, PBS, 1973.

The Moviemakers, PBS, 1996.

Television Segment Producer and Director: Specials:

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies, TNT, 1998.

Television Segment Producer or Director: Awards Presentations:

"Akira Kurosawa," The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990.

"Myrna Loy and Zanuck/Brown Tribute Films," The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991.

"Satyajit Ray," The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1992.

"Elia Kazan Tribute," The 71st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1999.

"Entertaining the Troops," The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"The Fred Astaire Songbook," Great Performances, PBS, 1991.

Scott Ross Street Talk, The Family Channel, 1993.

The Life and Times of Gary Cooper, 1995.

Anatomy of Horror, UPN, 1995.

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western, TNT, 1997.

Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997.

"Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy," American Masters, PBS, 1998.

"John Wayne: American Legend," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff, 1999.

"Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows," American Masters, PBS, 2000.

"Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

"On Cukor," American Masters, PBS, 2000.

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Cinemax, 2001.

"Lee Marvin: Hollywood's Straight Shooter," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart Pounding Movies, CBS, 2001.

The Blockbuster Imperative, 2003.

"Bill Irwin: Clown Prince," Great Performances, PBS, 2004.

The 100 Greatest War Films, 2005.

Precinct Hollywood, AMC, 2005.

"John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend," American Masters, PBS, 2006.

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty, USA Network, 2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"‘The Contender’: The Making of a Political Thriller," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000.

"M*A*S*H," Backstory (also known as Hollywood Backstories), AMC, 2000.

"Jo DiMaggio," ESPN SportsCentury, ESPN, 2000.

"Jim Brown," ESPN SportsCentury, ESPN, 2000.

"Dustin Hoffman," Bravo Profiles, Bravo, 2002.

"Bill Tilden," ESPN SportsCentury, ESPN, 2003.

"John Wayne," The Hollywood Greats, 2004.

Television Appearances; Other:

Book critic, Sunday (series), NBC, 1963-64.

Fog City Mavericks (movie), Starz!, 2007.

Documentary Film Producer and Director:

Beyond the Law, American Film Institute, 1998.

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, Warner Home Video, 2004.

Producer of 2004 reconstruction, The Big Red One (originally released in 1980 also known as The Big Red One—The Reconstruction), 2004.

Film Appearances:

Voice of H. L. Mencken, Ask the Dust, Paramount Vantage, 2006.

Himself, Hollywood Renegade, 2008.

RECORDINGS

Video Appearances:

Contender: Mastering the Method, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001.

The Contender: The Making of a Political Thriller, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2001.

Play It Again: A Look Back at "Play Misty for Me," Universal Studios Home Video, 2001.

The Hustler: The Inside Story, Twentieth Century-Fox/ Home Entertainment, 2002.

A Woman of Substance: Katharine Hepburn Remembered, Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Leone's West, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2004.

The Leone Style, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2004.

Hitchcock and Dial M (also known as Hitchcock and Dial M for Murder), Warner Home Video, 2004.

Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths, Warner Home Video, 2004.

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and "The Wrong Man," Warner Home Video, 2004.

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at "I Confess," Warner Home Video, 2004.

"Strangers on a Train": A Hitchcock Classic, Warner Home Video, 2004.

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock, Warner Home Video, 2004.

Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock, Warner Home Video, 2004.

(And executive producer) The Real Glory: Reconstructing "The Big Red One," Warner Home Video, 2005.

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life, Warner Home Video, 2005.

Shadows of Suspense, Universal Studios Home Video, 2006.

Act of Violence: Dealing with the Devil, Time Warner Entertainment, 2007.

Mystery Street: Murder at Harvard, Time Warner Entertainment, 2007.

Crime Wave: The City Is Dark, Time Warner Entertainment, 2007.

Illegal: Marked for Life, Time Warner Entertainment, 2007.

Side Street: Where Temptation Lurks, Time Warner Entertainment, 2007.

Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie, Time Warner Entertainment, 2007.

WRITINGS

Television Specials:

The Film Generation, PBS, 1969.

The Movie-Crazy Years, PBS, 1971.

Hollywood: You Must Remember This, PBS, 1972.

Life Goes to the Movies: The Big Event (also known as Life Goes to the Movies), NBC, 1976.

The Making of "Star Wars," ABC, 1976.

Funny Business, CBS, 1978.

Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America (also known as The World of Willa Cather), PBS, 1978.

The Horror Show, CBS, 1979.

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back, CBS, 1980.

James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy, PBS, 1981.

From "Star Wars" to "Jedi": The Making of a Saga, CBS, 1983.

Happy Anniversary 007—25 Years of James Bond (also known as Happy Anniversary 007 and 25 Years of James Bond), ABC, 1987.

Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente, PBS, 1987.

Cary Grant: A Celebration (based on his book), ABC, 1988.

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend, TNT, 1989.

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To, TNT, 1990.

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire, TNT, 1991.

Eastwood & Co. Making "Unforgiven," ABC, 1992.

1968: 25th Anniversary, Fox, 1993.

Hollywood on Hollywood, AMC, 1993.

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey, AMC, 1995.

Eastwood on Eastwood (based on his book; also known as Clint Eastwood: A Biography), TNT, 1997.

The Harryhausen Chronicles, AMC, 1998.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Stars, CBS, 1999.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000.

Shooting War (also known as Shooting War: World War II Cameramen), ABC, 2000.

Woody Allen: A Life in Film, TNT, 2002.

Scorsese on Scorsese, TCM, 2004.

Watch the Skies! Science Fiction, the 1950s, and Us (also known as Watch the Skies!), TCM, 2005.

Spielberg on Spielberg, TCM, 2007.

Bienvenue a Cannes (also known as Cannes: All Access), TCM, 2007.

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, PBS, 2008.

AFI's 100 Years … AFI's 10 Top 10, CBS, 2008.

Television Miniseries:

The Men Who Made the Movies, PBS, 1973.

The Moviemakers, PBS, 1996.

Television Series:

The Coral Jungle, syndicated, 1976.

Documentary Film Scripts:

(With Robert Mundy) Beyond the Law, American Film Institute, 1998.

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, Warner Home Video, 2004.

Nonfiction:

The World of Carnegie Hall, Messner, 1960.

The Stars, Dial, 1962.

Movies: The History of an Art and an Institution, Basic Books, 1964.

(With Lena Horne) Lena, Doubleday, 1965.

A Special Report on the Rockefeller Foundation's Program Toward Equal Opportunities for All, photographs by Arthur Rickerby, Heinz Kluetmeier, and Sol Libsohn, Rockefeller Foundation, 1965.

(Editor, with John Simon) Film 67/68, Simon & Schuster, 1968.

The World of Goya, 1746-1828, Time-Life Books, 1968.

The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art, and Commerce of Walt Disney, Simon & Schuster, 1968, published in England as Disney Version, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968, revised edition, Touchstone, 1985, published with new introduction, Ivan R. Dee, 1997.

The Museum, photographs by Dan Budnik, Museum of Modern Art, 1970.

Second Sight: Notes on Some Movies, 1965-1970, Simon & Schuster, 1972.

The World of Carnegie Hall, Greenwood Press, 1973.

His Pictures in the Papers: a Speculation on Celebrity in America Based on the Life of Douglas Fairbanks, Charterhouse, 1973, published in England as Douglas Fairbanks: The First Celebrity, Elm Tree Books, 1976.

Harold Lloyd: The Shape of Laughter, New York Graphic Society, 1974.

(With Bob Willoughby) The Platinum Years, Random House, 1974.

The Men Who Made the Movies: Interviews with Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Raoul Walsh, and William A. Wellman, Atheneum, 1975.

The World of Tennis, Random House, 1975.

(With Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) The Fairbanks Album, New York Graphic Society, 1976.

Singled Out: A Civilized Guide to Sex and Sensibility for the Suddenly Single Man—Or Woman, Viking, 1981.

Cary Grant: A Celebration, Little, Brown, 1983.

D. W. Griffith: An American Life, Simon & Schuster, 1984.

Gary Cooper, Little, Brown, 1985.

Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity, Doubleday, 1985, published as Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity, Pavilion, 1985, revised edition, 2000.

James Cagney: A Celebration, Little, Brown, 1985.

(With Michael Walsh) Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years, Abrams, 1987.

Author of text, Striking Poses (photographs), Workman Publishing, 1987.

Schickel on Film: Encounters—Critical and Personal—With Movie Immortals, Morrow, 1989.

Author of essay, Clint Eastwood Directs, Walker Art Center, 1990.

Author of text (with Sid Avery), Hollywood at Home: A Family Album, 1950-1965 (photographs), Crown, 1990.

Brando: A Life in Our Times, Atheneum, 1991.

Double Indemnity, British Film Institute, 1992.

Clint Eastwood: A Biography, Knopf, 1996.

Matinee Idylls: Reflections on the Movies, Ivan R. Dee, 1999.

Brando, Publishers Group West, 2000.

The Men Who Made the Movies: Interviews with Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard Hawkes, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincente Minnelli, King Vidor, Raoul Walsh, and William A. Wellman, Ivan R. Dee, 2001.

Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip: Movies, Memory, and World War II, Ivan R. Dee, 2003.

Woody Allen: A Life in Film, Ivan R. Dee, 2004.

Elia Kazan: A Biography, HarperCollins, 2005.

(Editor, and author of introduction) The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian, Ivan R. Dee, 2006.

Bogie: A Celebration of the Live and Films of Humphrey Bogart, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.

Film on Paper: The Inner Life of Movies, Ivan R. Dee, 2008.

(With George Perry and Clint Eastwood) You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, Running Press Book Publishers, 2008.

Contributor to periodicals.