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RICHARD
SCHICKEL TO RECEIVE NBR's
2004
WILLIAM K. EVERSON AWARD
FOR
HISTORY OF FILM
New
York, NY – November 29, 2004 –
The National Board of Review of Motion
Pictures will present Richard Schickel
with the 2004 William K. Everson Award
for History of Film at the annual gala
on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 in New York
City.
An
influential film critic for Time
since 1972, Schickel is author of over
30 books on film including works about
D.W. Griffith, Walt Disney, Marlon Brando,
and Clint Eastwood. His study of Elia
Kazan's life and work will be published
in 2005. He is also a documentary
filmmaker whose 30 films range from personal
portraits like Charlie: The
Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin
to Shooting War , about combat
cameramen in World War II. His
documentary about Martin Scorsese, the
eighteenth in his series of American film
directors, will be broadcast on Turner
Classic Movies in mid-December.
He recently completed a reconstruction
of Samuel Fuller's classic war film, The
Big Red One, restoring over 45 minutes
cut from the original print.
William
K. Everson was a leading film historian,
educator, author, archivist and celebrated
member of the NBR until his death in 1996.
The National Board created the
award in his honor to recognize those
who contribute to the history of film.
The inaugural winner was Peter Bogdanovich
in 1996 for his book, Who the Devil
Made It? Others honorees include
Wesleyan film professor Jeanine Basinger
for her book Silent Stars and
director Martin Scorsese for his film
My Voyage to Italy.
The
full list of 2004 winners including Best
Film and Best Actor and Actress will be
released on Wednesday, Dec. 1,
2004. The National Board of
Review, with no commercial ties to the
industry, was founded in 1909 to support
excellence and free expression in film.
The group screens over 300 films per year
and honors the very best in a variety
of categories of film, direction and performance.
In addition, the NBR works to endow
scholarships for film students and to
underwrite educational film programs.
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