2018

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Dec 2, 2018

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...

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...