About the Author

Richard Schickel is the author, co-author or editor of thirty-six books and the writer-director-producer of a number of television documentaries. A film critic for Life and Time magazines for forty-three years, Schickel has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and was awarded an honorary degree by the American Film Institute as well as the British Film Institute Book Prize, and the Telluride Silver Medal, for his contribution to film history. Among his best known books are Elia Kazan: A Biography, Clint Eastwood: A Biography, The Disney Version, Brando: A Life in Our Times, Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity, his memoir, Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip, Conversations with Scorsese and, most recently, Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective. His films include the five-hour history of Warner Bros., You Must Remember This, Charlie: The Art and Life of Charles Chaplin and The Eastwood Factor, a biography of Clint Eastwood.