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Roger Ebert

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Born: June 18, 1942Urbana, Illinois, USA

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
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me

John Candy: I Like Me

Self - Film Critic (archive footage)

2025
Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage)

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

Self

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

(archive footage)

2020
Howard

Howard

Self (archive footage)

2018
Burden

Burden

Self (archive footage)

2016
Life Itself

Life Itself

Self - Film Critic

2014
Don't You Forget About Me

Don't You Forget About Me

Self

2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Self (archive footage)

2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

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

Self

2009
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

Self

2008
Cannes: All Access

Cannes: All Access

Self

2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Self

2007
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

Self

2007
Dead Teenager Movie

Dead Teenager Movie

Self

2006
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

Self

2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Self

2006
The Outsider

The Outsider

Self

2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Roger Ebert (uncredited)

2005
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

Self

2004
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

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

Self

2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self

2004
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Self

2004
Abby Singer

Abby Singer

Roger Ebert (uncredited)

2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Self - Film Critic

2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Self

2003
Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

Self

2002
All the Love You Cannes!

All the Love You Cannes!

Self

2002
Mysteries of Love

Mysteries of Love

Self (archive footage)

2002
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

Himself

2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Self

2001
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

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

Self

2000
Welcome to Hollywood

Welcome to Hollywood

Roger Ebert

2000

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self

1999
Junket Whore

Junket Whore

Self

1998
Independent's Day

Independent's Day

Self

1998
Pitch

Pitch

Self

1997
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

1996
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'

Self - Host

1995
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

1993
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

Narrator (voice) / Introduction

1991
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

Roger Ebert

1991

Citizen Yuppie

Citizen Yuppie

1987
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Self

1985
An Almost Perfect Affair

An Almost Perfect Affair

Self

1979