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Richard Corliss

Richard Corliss
Born
Richard Nelson Corliss

(1944-03-06)March 6, 1944
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 2015(2015-04-23) (aged 71)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materSt. Joseph's College
Columbia University
New York University
Occupation(s)Editor, writer, critic
Years active1966–2015
Employers
Notable work
  • Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in American Cinema[1]
  • Greta Garbo (A Pyramid illustrated history of the movies)[2]
  • 1980 cover story on Dallas's "Who Shot J.R.?"[3]
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Yushak
(m. 1969)

Richard Nelson Corliss (March 6, 1944 – April 23, 2015) was an American film critic and magazine editor for Time. He focused on movies, with occasional articles on other subjects.[4]

He was the former editor-in-chief of Film Comment and authored several books including Talking Pictures,[5] which, along with other publications, drew early attention to the screenwriter, as opposed to the director.

  1. ^ Corliss, Richard (1974). Talking Pictures : Screenwriters in the American Cinema, 1927–1973 (1st ed.). Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0879510077.
  2. ^ Corliss, Richard (1974). Sennett, Ted (ed.). Greta Garbo (1st ed.). New York: Pyramid Publications. ISBN 978-0515034806.
  3. ^ Richard, Corliss (August 11, 1980). "TV's Dallas: Whodunit?". Time Magazine.
  4. ^ Villanova University Proquest search list of 2596 articles, 2009-2005.
  5. ^ Richard Corliss (1974), Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema, 1927–1973

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