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...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
Howard
2018
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Abby Singer
2003
Burden
2016
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Cannes: All Access
2007
The Outsider
2005
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
Junket Whore
1998
Pitch
1997
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
Life Itself
2014
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Mysteries of Love
2002
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985
Independent's Day
1998
Don't You Forget About Me
2010
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
Dead Teenager Movie
2006
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003