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.
Filmography
all 62
self 51
Movies 47
TV Shows 15
Writer 4
Director 1
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS (2020)
Howard (2018)
Burden (2016)
Batman: The Birth of the Modern Blockbuster (2014)
Life Itself (2014)
The Thinking Molecules of Titan (2014)
Don't You Forget About Me (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
The Citizen Cohl: Untold Story (2008)
Cannes: All Access (2007)
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007)
Dead Teenager Movie (2006)
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy (2006)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)
The Outsider (2005)
Movies That Shook the World (2005)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Abby Singer (2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Mysteries of Love (2002)
All the Love You Cannes! (2002)
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A. (2001)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Junket Whore (1998)
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Independent's Day (1998)
Pitch (1997)
The View (1997)
Early Edition (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1995)
The Critic (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Russ Meyer (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988)
Citizen Yuppie (1987)
At the Movies (1986)
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985)
At the Movies (1982)
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
Up! (1976)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Sneak Previews
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1942-06-18
Deathday2013-04-04 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceUrbana, United States of America
ReligionCatholicism
RelationshipsChaz Ebert (1992-01-01 - 2013-01-01), Oprah Winfrey (1980-01-01 - 1980-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRoger Joseph Ebert, Reinhold Timme
AwardsCarl Sandburg Literary Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, Pulitzer Prize
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