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.
Known For
Citizen Yuppie
Citizen Yuppie
Self
Don't You Forget About Me
Self - Film Critic
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Self
Pitch
Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (archive footage)
Mysteries of Love
Self
The Outsider
Narrator (voice) / Introduction
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Self - Film Critic
Life Itself
Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Burden
Self - Host
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Howard
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Self
Independent's Day
Self
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Roger Ebert
Welcome to Hollywood
Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Abby Singer
Self
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Himself
もののけ姫 in U.S.A.
Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
Bienvenue à Cannes
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
Dead Teenager Movie
Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Self
Junket Whore
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Roger Ebert
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Self
An Almost Perfect Affair
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-06-18
Place of Birth
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Roger Joseph Ebert