Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel (folút: Richard Warren Schickel; Milwaukee, 10 febrewaris 1933 – Los Angeles, 18 febrewaris 2017) wie in foaroansteand Amerikaansk sjoernalist, filmkritikus, filmhistoarikus, literatuerkritikus, publisist en dokumintêremakker.

Libben en karriêre

Komôf en oplieding
Schickel waard yn 1933 berne yn Milwaukee, yn 'e Amerikaanske steat Wisconsin, as de soan fan Edward John Schickel en Helen Hendricks. Hy wie fan mingd Dútsk en Nederlânsk etnysk komôf. Hy folge in sjoernalistike oplieding.

Karriêre
Fan 1965 oant 2010 wie Schickel as filmkritikus en literatuerkritikus ferbûn oan it tydskrift Time. Yn dyselde snuorje skreau er (oer deselde ûnderwerpen) ek foar it tydskrift Life en foar it Book Review-katern fan 'e krante de Los Angeles Times. Nei 2010 skreau er filmresinsjes foar Truthdig. 

Schickel wie de auteur fan in grut tal biografyen fan grutheden út 'e filmyndustry fan Hollywood, ûnder wa akteurs as Woody Allen, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Douglas Fairbanks sr., Cary Grant en Harold Lloyd, en filmmakkers as D.W. Griffith, Elia Kazan en Steven Spielberg. 

Hy wie ek aktyf as dokumintêremakker, en wie as senarist belutsen by de produksje fan ferskate efter-de-skermendokumintêres oer Star Wars. Fierders wurke Schickel as gastdosint oan 'e Universiteit fan Yale yn New Haven en de Universiteit fan Súdlik Kalifornje yn Los Angeles.

Ferstjerren
Schickel kaam yn 2017, acht dagen nei syn 84e jierdei, te ferstjerren yn Los Angeles, nei't er troffen wie troch in mearfâldige oerhaal.

Publikaasjes
 1960 – The World of Carnegie Hall
 1962 – The Stars
 1964 – The Gentle Knight
 1964 – Movies: The History of an Art and an Institution
 1968 – The World of Goya, 1746-1828
 1968 – The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney (op 'e nij besjoene edysjes 1984, 1997)
 1970 – The Museum
 1972 – Second Sight: Notes on Some Movies 1965-1970
 1974 – 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
 1975 – The World of Tennis
 1976 – Douglas Fairbanks: The First Celebrity
 1978 – Another I, Another You: A Novel
 1981 – Singled Out: A Civilized Guide to Sex and Sensibility for the Suddenly Single Man – or Woman
 1983 – Cary Grant: A Celebration
 1984 – D.W. Griffith: An American Life
 1985 – Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity (op 'e nij besjoen yn 2000; ek útjûn ûnder de titel Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity)
 1985 – Lena (mei Lena Horne)
 1986 – James Cagney: A Celebration
 1986 – Gary Cooper
 1987 – Striking Poses: Photographs from the Kobal Collection
 1987 – Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years (mei Michael Walsh)
 1989 – Schickel on Film: Encounters – Critical and Personal – with Movie Immortals
 1991 – Brando: A Life in Our Times
 1992 – Double Indemnity
 1996 – Clint Eastwood: A Biography
 1998 – Hollywood at Home: A Family Album 1950-1965
 1999 – Matinee Idylls: Reflections on the Movies
 2003 – Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip: Movies, Memory and World War II
 2004 – Woody Allen: A Life in Film
 2005 – Elia Kazan: A Biography
 2006 – Bogie: A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart
 2006 – The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian (redakteur)
 2011 – Conversations with Scorsese
 2012 – Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective
 2015 – Keepers: The Greatest Films – and Personal Favorites – of a Moviegoing Lifetime

Dokumintêres
 1973 – The Men Who Made the Movies (achtdielige searje, nominearre foar in Emmy Award)
 1975 – Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America
 1976 – Life Goes to the Movies (as senarist, nominearre foar in Emmy Award)
 1977 – The Making of Star Wars (as senarist)
 1978 – Funny Business
 1979 – The Horror Show
 1980 – SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (as senarist)
 1981 – James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
 1983 – From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (as senarist)
 1987 – Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente (nominearre foar in Emmy Award)
 1987 – Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (as senarist)
 1988 – Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (as senarist)
 1989 – Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
 1991 – Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to
 1991 – Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
 1992 – Eastwood & Co: Making Unforgiven
 1993 – Hollywood on Hollywood
 1995 – Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (nominearre foar in Emmy Award)
 1997 – Eastwood on Eastwood
 1998 – The Harryhausen Chronicles
 1999 – AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (as senarist)
 2000 – AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (as senarist)
 2000 – Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (nominearre foar in Emmy Award)
 2002 – Woody Allen: A Life in Film
 2002 – The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
 2003 – Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
 2004 – Scorsese on Scorsese
 2005 – Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
 2007 – Spielberg on Spielberg
 2007 – Cannes: All Access
 2008 – Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
 2008 – You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (trijedielige searje)
 2010 – The Eastwood Factor
 2013 – Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Keppelings om utens
  Offisjele webside fan Richard Schickel (argivearre)
  Folsleine filmografy fan Richard Schickel yn 'e Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Amerikaansk sjoernalist
Amerikaansk filmkritikus
Amerikaansk literatuerkritikus
Amerikaansk publisist
Amerikaansk filmhistoarikus
Amerikaansk dokumintêremakker
Amerikaansk persoan fan Dútsk komôf
Amerikaansk persoan fan Nederlânsk komôf
Persoan berne yn 1933
Persoan stoarn yn 2017