Rick Schmidlin:
CLASS OF 1973
Wallenpaupack Area High SchoolClass of 1973
Hawley, PA
Los Angeles City CollegeClass of 1978
Los angeles, CA
Gateway Christian SchoolClass of 1969
Hackensack, NJ
Maywood Avenue Middle SchoolClass of 1968
Maywood, NJ
Maywood Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Maywood, NJ
Rick's Story
Life
Internationally acclaimed, award winning filmmaker Rick Schmidlin most recently produced the restoration of the first sound film which was photographed and recorded in 1894 and now known as THE EDISON / DICKSON SOUND FILM 2000. Mr.Schmidlin restored this project in association with Walter Murch, Industrial Light & Magic & Skywalker Sound, The Library of Congress and The Edison National Historic Site. Mr. Schmidlin last year produced a Special Theatrical Edition of "ELVIS, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS" for Turner Entertainment and Turner Classic Movies and also was curator of a special exhibition for LE GIORNATE DEL CINEMA MUTO, 19th PORDENONE SILENT FILM FESTIVAL in Sacile, Italy. This exhibit featured over 100 never before seen private photos, personal costume design drawing's and documents from the family files of Erich von Stroheim. Mr. Schmidlin also produced a short presentation documentary "ERICH VON ...Expand for more
STROHEIM: A LIFE REVEALED" for this exhibition.
In 1999 Mr. Schmidlin produced a reconstruction of the Erich von Stroheim 1924 classic "GREED" for Turner Entertainment and Turner Classic Movies. He received from The National Society of Film Critics their "Film Heritage Award" and from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association a special award for a "meticulous reconstruction ". In 1998 Mr. Schmidlin produced the re-edit of Orson Welles "TOUCH OF EVIL" and received special awards from The National Society of Film Critics, The New York Film Critics Circle, The Boston Society of Film Critics and The Los Angeles Film Critics Association for "scholarship and Integrity". "Touch Of Evil" was selected "Best Film Of The Year" by Premier Magazine. Mr. Schmidlin is the only filmmaker to receive back to back honors from both The National Society of Film Critics and The Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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