Richard Schickel

About The Author

Richard Schickel was the longtime film critic for Time magazine and the writer-producer of a number of documentaries about Hollywood and the movies. His books include D.W. Griffiths: An American LifeHis Picture in the Papers, The Men Who Made the Movies, Intimate Strangers, and The Disney Version.

Books by Richard Schickel

The Disney Version

The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney

“The single most illuminating work on America and the movies” (The Kansas City Star): the story of how a shy boy from Chicago crashed Hollywood and created the world’s first multimedia entertainment empireone that shapes American popular culture to this day.
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