Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

  • Birthday: 1942-06-18
  • Deathday: 2013-04-04
  • Place of birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA
  • Also know as: Roger Joseph 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. 

Filmography

Citizen Yuppie

1987

As Citizen Yuppie

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

1991

As Narrator (voice) / Introduction

Life Itself

2014

As Self - Film Critic

Junket Whore

1998

As Self

Biography - Humphrey Bogart

0000

As Self - Film Critic

Pitch

1997

As Himself

Mysteries of Love

2002

As Self (archive footage)

Kubrick by Kubrick

2020

As Self (archive footage)

The Outsider

2005

As Self

Burden

2016

As Self (archive footage)

Welcome to Hollywood

1998

As Roger Ebert

Cannes: All Access

2007

As Self

Independent's Day

1998

As Self

Abby Singer

2003

As Self

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2005

As Self (uncredited)

Howard

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Citizen Yuppie

1987

As Director

Up!

1976

As Original Story

Citizen Yuppie

1987

As Writer

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