Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Urbana
- Educated at
- Urbana High SchoolUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois Urbana–ChampaignUniversity of Cape TownUIUC College of Media
- Awards
- 🏆 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame🏆 Carl Sandburg Literary Award🏆 Order of Lincoln🏆 Pulitzer Prize🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Dirty Love wasn't written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the level of badness. It is hopelessly incompetent... I am not certain that anyone involved has …"
"Once is the kind of film I've been pestered about ever since I started reviewing again. People couldn't quite describe it, but they said I had to see it. I had to. Well, I did. They were right."
"To know me is to love me. This cliche is popular for a reason, because most of us, I imagine, believe deep in our hearts that if anyone truly got to know us, they'd truly get to love us - or at least …"
"Nobody is going to Bolero for the plot anyway. They're going for the Good Parts. There are two Good Parts, not counting her naked ride on horseback, which was the only scene in the movie that had me w…"
"As I grew I no longer lost any sleep over the questions of God and infinity. I understood they could have no answers. At some point the reality of God was no longer present in my mind. I believed in t…"
"One of the remarkable things about Russ Meyer's films is that they continue to live and play, long after the other work of the soft-core era has been forgotten. That is partly because of their craftsm…"
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Timeline
1942
Born
Birth2013
Died
Death
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