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Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

Biography

Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize winning film critic, journalist, and screenwriter.  Described by Forbes magazine as the "most powerful pundit in America", Ebert was the first film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as a Pulitzer Prize.  Ebert's began his criticizing career in 1967 as a critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and later gained national recognition co-hosting a number of shows with Gene Siskel in which they coined the 'thumbs up- thumbs down' style of reviewing.   Following Siskel's 1999 death Ebert continued to host "And The Movies" with Richard Roeper until 2006 when he stopped appearing due to developing Thyroid cancer.  Complications from the cancer ended up taking much of his tongue and jaw, forcing Ebert to undergo massive reconstruction surgery and speak with the help of a computer program (which was configured with his own voice due to the volume of recorded spoken language from Ebert's TV show).   He continued to write reviews for his website later in life. On April 3rd, 2013 announced his cancer had returned and he would be taking a "leave of presence", lowering the amount he would be writing and only reviewing films he wanted to review.   Ebert succumbed to his cancer the next day, April 4th, 2013.  The balcony is closed. 

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-06-18

Place of Birth

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Citizen Yuppie

Citizen Yuppie

19874.0 / 10

Don't You Forget About Me

Don't You Forget About Me

20105.3 / 10

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

20030.0 / 10

Pitch

Pitch

19976.3 / 10

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

20095.7 / 10

Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

20026.3 / 10

Mysteries of Love

Mysteries of Love

20027.1 / 10

The Outsider

The Outsider

20056.2 / 10

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

19910.0 / 10

Life Itself

Life Itself

20147.5 / 10

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

20054.2 / 10

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

20047.8 / 10

Burden

Burden

20166.0 / 10

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

19956.0 / 10

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

20097.2 / 10

Howard

Howard

20186.9 / 10

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

20016.8 / 10

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

19850.0 / 10

Independent's Day

Independent's Day

19985.0 / 10

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

20047.0 / 10

Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

19990.0 / 10

Faye

Faye

20246.2 / 10

Welcome to Hollywood

Welcome to Hollywood

20003.6 / 10

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

20045.8 / 10

Abby Singer

Abby Singer

20036.3 / 10

Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

20068.0 / 10

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

20076.0 / 10

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

20019.7 / 10

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

20035.2 / 10

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

20045.0 / 10

Cannes: All Access

Cannes: All Access

20073.7 / 10

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

19960.0 / 10

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

20006.8 / 10

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS

20206.5 / 10

Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick by Kubrick

20207.4 / 10

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

20066.3 / 10

All the Love You Cannes!

All the Love You Cannes!

20026.4 / 10

Dead Teenager Movie

Dead Teenager Movie

20065.7 / 10

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

20076.0 / 10

Junket Whore

Junket Whore

19980.0 / 10

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

20040.0 / 10

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

20250.0 / 10

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

19910.0 / 10

An Almost Perfect Affair

An Almost Perfect Affair

19794.5 / 10

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

19706.2 / 10

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

19795.3 / 10

Up!

Up!

19765.6 / 10

Citizen Yuppie

Citizen Yuppie

19874.0 / 10

The Thinking Molecules of Titan

The Thinking Molecules of Titan

20147.0 / 10

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