Carrie Rickey Biography
Carrie Rickey is a feminist art and film critic from the United States. From 1986 to 2011, Rickey was a film reviewer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and he has also written for The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Village Voice.
Carrie Rickey Age
Carrie was born on 26 November 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He is 71 years old as of November 2023.
Carrie Rickey Education
She studied with Manny Farber and worked as his teaching assistant at the University of California, San Diego (AB 1974, MFA 1976). Rickey took part in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program between 1975 and 1976.
Carrie Rickey Family
Attempts to establish the identities of his family, his mother, and his father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether he has any siblings.
Carrie Rickey Career
From 1986 to 2011, Rickey was a film reviewer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and he has also written for The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Village Voice. Her essays have been included in a number of books, including The American Century and American Movie Critics. Rickey was an early supporter of female filmmakers such as Gillian Armstrong, Kathryn Bigelow, and Ava DuVernay. She covered technological evolutions in the business, from the video revolution to the emergence of digital film, as a movie critic, and has highlighted artists and filmmakers ranging from Clint Eastwood and Sidney Poitier to Elizabeth Taylor and Nora Ephron.
Rickey took part in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program between 1975 and 1976.
Rickey worked as a film critic for the Village Voice from 1980 to 1983. She published one of the earliest retrospectives of Ida Lupino’s work and one of the first appraisals of David Cronenberg’s work. She later worked as a film reviewer for The Boston Herald (1984-85) and as an art critic for Artforum and Art in America. She has participated on various juries, including the New York Film Festival, where she was a member from 1988 to 1991. Rickey joined The Philadelphia Inquirer as film critic in 1986, a job she held for the next 25 years.
She has published Criterion Collection essays for Broadcast News and Videodrome, as well as essays on several artists, including Leon Golub and Philip Guston. She also taught at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences. Rickey wrote essays for The Power of Feminist Art, The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, and other books. She is mentioned in the book Feminists Who Changed America for her involvement in documenting the work and advancement of female artists and filmmakers through articles and catalogue essays. In 2018, she received the L.A. Press Club’s award for Best Commentary (Film/TV) for her piece “What Ever Happened to Women Directors?” and received a regional Emmy
Carrie Rickey Net Worth
Rickey has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.