Honoring Richard Amsel on World AIDS Day, with a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. (Continued)
Continued from previous post. As World AIDS Day draws to a close here in California, I finally want to share with everyone the panel I...
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- Dec 1, 2018
Honoring Richard Amsel on World AIDS Day, with a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Saturday, Dec. 1st is World AIDS Day -- an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of...
- Nov 3, 2018
Upcoming internships!
One of the most rewarding experiences I've had in making the film thus far, aside from doing interviews, is collaborating with a number...
- Oct 28, 2018
Andrea Alvin discusses John Alvin, Richard Amsel, and the legacies of those gone far too soon...
It’s been over three years since I filmed my first interview for the documentary, and I realize that a day must soon come when it’s time...
- Aug 19, 2018
Birthday thanks!
My heartfelt thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes! While I never enjoy getting older, I do enjoy celebrating with friends, and...
- Jul 21, 2018
Respects to J.C. Leyendecker
One of my all-time favorite illustrators is the late, great J. C. Leyendecker. In an indirect way, his work played a significant factor...
- Jul 20, 2018
Status updates! Amazing interns! More interviews!
The past year has been a bit tumultuous, from my father's death to helping a loved one recuperate from a heart attack. And now, after a...
- Jul 18, 2018
Cheryl Henson, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and fathers' legacies: Part 3.
(Read PART 1 / PART 2.) It's June 28th, 2018. Finally, the interview is about to happen. Erik and I had arrived early, and set up the...
- Jul 17, 2018
Cheryl Henson, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and fathers' legacies: Part 2.
(Read PART I here.) When Erik Sharkey and I first met with Cheryl Henson, our meeting didn’t quite go as planned. There was an...
- Jul 9, 2018
Cheryl Henson, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and fathers' legacies: Part 1.
“Hey man, are you sure you’re gonna be up for this?” It is early October, 2017. Erik Sharkey poses the question to me over the phone the...
- Jun 11, 2018
WATCHING SKIES: Amsel remembered
The latest INDY CAST Indiana Jones podcast (episode 266) features an interview with author Mark O'Connell about his book, WATCHING SKIES...
- Jun 7, 2018
From Woodstock to Broadway: The Poster Art of David Byrd
Check out this terrific profile of David Edward Byrd, written by Angelina Lippert for Poster House. I'm happy to say that David is still...
- Jun 3, 2018
Amsel, animated redux
A major motivation for my embarking on this film came during my interview for Kevin Burke's documentary, 24x36: A Movie About Movie...
- May 21, 2018
R.I.P.: Bill Gold, 1921-2018
I was saddened by the news of Bill Gold's passing. In a career spanning six decades, Bill Gold worked on some of the most famous movie...
- May 4, 2018
At long last: Richard Amsel to be honored on the AIDS Memorial Quilt
It was around this time a year ago when I interviewed Rhona Gross at her home in North Carolina. She was a classmate of Richard Amsel’s...
- May 3, 2018
The (worst) best-laid plans...
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” ― Woody Allen I can’t believe we’re already into the month of May, and I...
- Feb 11, 2018
New images & acquisitions
For the uninitiated, I run two different websites on Richard Amsel. The first is www.richardamsel.info / www.richard-amsel.com, now going...
- Feb 11, 2018
Another Amsel rediscovery: Merv Griffin portrait
However extensive I've tried to be with my research into Richard Amsel's life and work, there always seems to be a new discovery (or,...
- Feb 10, 2018
Eleonora Duse
During my early research for preparing this website, I got to know producer Michael Danahy, who was friends with Richard Amsel during the...
- Feb 7, 2018
TEN YEARS!
It's hard to believe that I launched this website 10 years ago today. I began building the website in late 2007. I was unemployed at the...
- Jan 19, 2018
Rediscovered Amsel: "River of No Return"
It was over two years ago when I met Michael Danahy -- during the second interview I conducted for the documentary. I've yet to do a...
- Jan 1, 2018
Onward and upward into 2018!
2017 is now coming to a close, and part of me just wants to shout out “Goodbye and good riddance!” There have been some dark times these...
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