Roger Ebert
Born June 18, 1942 (Age: 83)
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Urbana, Illinois, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 77
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
2008
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as Self
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Age: 66
Cannes: All Access
2007
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as Self
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Age: 65
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
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as Self
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Age: 65
Dead Teenager Movie
2006
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as Self
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Age: 64
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
2006
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as Self
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Age: 64
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
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as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
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Age: 62
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 62
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
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as Self
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Age: 62
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
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as
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Age: 62
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
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as Self
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Age: 62
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
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as Self
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Age: 61
Abby Singer
2003
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as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
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as Self
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Age: 60
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
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as Self
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Age: 59
Mysteries of Love
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 59
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
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as Self
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Age: 58
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
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as Roger Ebert
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Age: 58
Junket Whore
1998
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as Self
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Age: 56
Independent's Day
1998
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as Self
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Age: 55
Pitch
1997
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as Self
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Age: 55
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
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as
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Age: 54
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
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as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
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Age: 51
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
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as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
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Age: 49
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
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as Roger Ebert
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Age: 49
No Image
Citizen Yuppie
1987
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as Citizen Yuppie
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Age: 45
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985
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as Self
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Age: 42